The European Commission has presented a Single Market Strategy to create a more simple, seamless and strong European market. As part of this Strategy, a simplification package has also been published and in addition to several other porposals, it also proposes simplifications to the GDPR. The…
Javaslat a GDPR szerinti nyilvántartási kötelezettség egyszerűsítésére
Az Európai Bizottság összeállított egy csomagot az egységes belső piac hatékonyabb, kevesebb adminisztrációval járó működtetése érdekében, amely egy ún. egyszerűsítési javaslatcsomagot is tartalmaz (ez már a negyedik ilyen csomag). Az egyszerűsítési javaslatcsomag - több jogszabály mellett - a GDPR…
The chilling effect: the dark side of the use of facial recognition in Hungary
The Hungarian Parliament has significantly restricted the fundamental right to freedom of assembly in Hungary. In connection with the disproportionate and unnecessary restriction of fundamental rights, a number of important aspects can be highlighted, and great attention has also been paid to the…
10 pontban az arcfelismerő rendszer gyülekezési joggal összefüggő alkalmazásáról
Az elmúlt héten az Országgyűlés jelentősen korlátozta a gyülekezés szabadságát biztosító alapjogot Magyarországon. Az aránytalan és szükségtelen jogkorlátozás kapcsán számos fontos szempont emelhető ki és az elmúlt napokban sokan és sokféleképpen ki is emelték ezeket a szempontokat. A gyülekezési…
Deep Dive into the AI Act - Part 7: general-purpose AI models
The rules of the AI Act, which came into effect as of August 1, 2024, will become applicable in several stages. Initially, from February 2, 2025, the provisions related to prohibited AI practices must be applied, and from August 2, 2025, the rules related to general purpose AI models will become…
Product liability: cybersecurity vulnerability as defectiveness of a product
The adoption of the new Product Liability Directive (PLD, Directive 2024/2853) renews product liability rules after several decades and will make them better adapted to the digital age (e.g. one important novelty of the new PLD is that it covers libility for the defectiveness of software and AI…
How does the new Product Liability Directive affect liability for AI-systems?
The new Product Liability Directive (PLD, Directive 2024/2853) has recently been published in the Official Journal of the European Union, renewing the previous product liability regime established by the old product liability directive adopted in 1985. Member States shall bring into force the laws,…
Responsible authorities for the enforcement of the AI Act on national level
The AI Act entered into force on 1 August 2024 and its provisions on AI governance (Chapter VII) will apply from 2 August 2025. The AI governance on the EU level includes the AI Office, the European Artificial Intelligence Board, an advisory forum and a scientific panel of independent experts should…
What can be considered 'scientific research' in the application of GDPR?
In connection with scientific research involving the processing of personal data, the primary question is what can be considered scientific research during the application of the GDPR, and in which cases the specific rules of GDPR can be applied. Although the GDPR refers to "scientific and…
Deep Dive into the AI Act - Part 6: AI literacy
In connection with the AI Act, which will enter into force shortly, on 1 August 2024 (and will become applicable in several steps thereafter), we most often talk about prohibited AI practices, high-risk AI systems and related obligations of service providers and deployers, or even specific rules for…