Nowadays it is almost inconceivable to carry out any economic activity without data processing. No matter how small the business may be, the processing of personal data, including customer data, partner data or employee data, is usually a necessary part of its operations. Therefore, compliance with…

It is a legal obligation of the Hungarian Data Protection Authority (NAIH) to organise the annual conference of data protection officers (DPOs). Due to the obligations in the GDPR regarding the appointment of DPOs, the number of DPOs registered by the Hungarian DPA increased significantly, therefore…

It is a legal obligation of the Hungarian Data Protection Authority (NAIH) to organise the annual conference of data protection officers (DPOs). Due to the obligations in the GDPR regarding the appointment of DPOs, the number of DPOs registered by the Hungarian DPA increased significantly,…

The Conference of the independent Data Protection Authorities of Germany (Konferenz der unabhängigen Datenschutzaufsichtsbehörden des Bundes und der Länder; DSK) published its generally applicable principles on imposing GDPR fines on companies. By publishing its concept, the DSK follows the Dutsch…

There are several legal aspects related to the use of drones, including a number of data protection issues. Although no comprehensive legislation has been enacted so far in Hungary, the Hungarian Data Protection Authority (Hungarian DPA) has, similarly to other data protection authorities,…

Online services became part of our everyday life. The provision of online services, in almost all cases, goes hand in hand with data processing. On the one hand, we provide our data intentionally to the service providers when we decide to use services online but in other cases, data are collected…

The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens) was the first data protection authority in the EU that has published a fining policy detailing the principles for setting administrative fines in specific cases. The impact of the fining policy issued by the Dutch Data Protection…

One of the biggest challenges in meeting data protection requirements is to translate the general principles and rules into concrete actions and daily routines. How much and what data is needed to achieve a particular purpose? How can we obtain the necessary consent? How can we provide proper…

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is applicable from May 25, 2018 and, for this purpose, many data controllers must perform a data protection impact assessment (DPIA).  The obligation to perform a data protection impact assessment connects closely to the principles of data protection…

Article 29 Working Party (WP29) has published several guidelines under the GDPR and such guidelines contain recommendations regarding best practices that are regarded by the authorities as compliant with the requirements of the GDPR. In this post, I have collected such recommendations.