Hungary. Comprehensive data protection. Act
Act LXIII of 1992Act LXIII of 1992 on the Protection of Personal Data and the Publicity of Data of Public Interest
Partly verified
Medium confidence.The 1993-05-01 date is calculated, not quoted: section 34(1) of the English text says the Act comes into force on the first day of the sixth month after promulgation, and promulgation (1992-11-17) is from a search summary of njt.hu. The commissioner chapter took effect with the separate Act on the Parliamentary Commissioner for Citizens' Rights. The adoption date is from the same search summary. The 2012-01-01 repeal is from IAPP and NAIH's 2012 report (search summaries). The authority name is the contributor's description of the commissioner, not a quoted title.
§1Summary
- Synopsis
Hungary's first combined data protection and freedom of information act. It protected personal data and opened up data of public interest, and provided for a data protection commissioner elected by Parliament who supervised compliance and kept the data protection register. Act CXII of 2011 (Infotv.) repealed it on 1 January 2012.
- Key themes
- Unique features
Combined data protection and access to public-interest data in a single act.
- SaaS relevance
Historical only; replaced by Act CXII of 2011 (hu-infotv).
§2Dates
- Key dates
- Adopted
- In force
- Ended
- Parliament sitting of 1992-10-27; promulgated 1992-11-17; Chapter III (public-interest data) effective 15 days after promulgation; main provisions effective on the first day of the sixth month after promulgation (s. 34); repealed 2012-01-01 by Act CXII of 2011
§3Text and authority
- Text
- Authoritative text njt.hu
- English text ics.uci.edu
- Authority
- Adatvédelmi biztos (Parliamentary Data Protection Commissioner)
§4Where it applies
- Domestic law of
- Hungary
§5Sources and verification
- Sources consulted
- Verification
Medium confidence.
Partly verified
Medium confidence.The 1993-05-01 date is calculated, not quoted: section 34(1) of the English text says the Act comes into force on the first day of the sixth month after promulgation, and promulgation (1992-11-17) is from a search summary of njt.hu. The commissioner chapter took effect with the separate Act on the Parliamentary Commissioner for Citizens' Rights. The adoption date is from the same search summary. The 2012-01-01 repeal is from IAPP and NAIH's 2012 report (search summaries). The authority name is the contributor's description of the commissioner, not a quoted title.