Category archive: Data protection

In view of the changes in legislation and in our actual data management, Tivadar Law Firm's Data Protection Policy will be amended as of 1 September 2023.

In particular, we would like to highlight that the Firm will no longer send newsletters and will use cookies, which are different from the previous ones, but still anonymised and therefore do not involve personal data processing.

Our new Data Protection Policy is available here.

Dr. Krisztián Tivadar


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The Hungarian Data Protection Authority has imposed the highest ever data protection fine in connection with the unlawful use of artificial intelligence (AI).

Data security inadequacies may be avoided if the data controller avoids the mistakes of others. EU Member State Authority resolutions!

The significance of telephone assistance may be upgraded based on the lessons learned from the recent epidemiological emergency. Companies operating telephone assistance service have to meet both consumer protection and data protection requirements. Until August this year, the Hungarian Consumer Protection Authority will be continuously monitoring whether the consumer assistance services are operated in accordance with the law.

The European Data Protection Board might offer help for those who wish to apply a CCTV system through its Guidelines on CCTV Observation accepted at the plenary session held on 28 and 29 January 2020.

A great leap forward may be exptected in the data protection regulation regarding drones as from 1 July 2020

The so-called GDPR Omnibus Act modified the Act on the Prevention and Combating of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing in multiple aspects.

We have updated our data protection policy today.

You may read the new, consolidated text of the policy here.

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The so-called GDPR Omnibus Act, which became effective on 26 April 2019, amended the legal regulation of data processing in the employment context.

Nearly one year after the GDPR became applicable in Hungary, the Hungarian Parliament adopted the so-called GDPR Omnibus Act (hereinafter: “Omnibus Act”) which includes the data protection related amendments of several sectoral laws. The Omnibus Act became effective on 26 April 2019.