LAW
The EU Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC is currently
implemented in Hungary by Act No. CXII of 2011 on Informational
Self Determination and Freedom of Information which came into force
on 1 January 2012 ("Act"). Enforcement
is through the National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom
of Information ("Authority").
DEFINITION OF PERSONAL DATA
Personal data shall mean any data relating to the data subject
– in particular name, identification number or one or more
factors specific to his physical, physiological, mental, economic,
cultural or social identity – and any reference that can be
drawn from such data in respect of the data subject. In the course
of data processing, such data shall be treated as personal data as
long as the connection between the data and the data subject
remains restorable. The data shall be considered subject to
restoration, if the data controller bears the technical measures
necessary for such restoration. Unless the data
