The first draft of the amendment of the Hungarian regulation related to the EU's general data protection regulation has finally been released. The proposal for the amendment of Act CXII of 2011 on the right to information self-determination and freedom of information (the “Hungarian Data Protection…

Many data controllers consider consent as the primary or preferred legal basis for data processing. Although in many cases it would be justified to use another legal basis instead of the consent, data controllers often obtain consents from the data subjects. Not only data controllers have this…

An interesting survey was published by the Irish Data Protection Commissioner on the Irish SMEs' readiness for the application of the EU’S new general data protection regulation (GDPR). If we want to summarize the findings of the survey briefly: the situation is quite depressing! One year before the…