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Beauty salon fined for tens of millions of forints for ostentatious GDPR malpractices

by Levente Balogh | Oct 5, 2023 | Data protection (GDPR)

This year, two GDPR fines were in the news, no doubt that it was because of the significant amount of data protection fines. In one case, a beauty salon was fined for HUF 30 million, and in the other case, a retail chain was fined for HUF 90 million. In this article...

Data protection fines for unnecessary data processing

by Ádám Illés, LL.M | Mar 31, 2021 | Data protection (GDPR)

Recently, the Hungarian Data Protection Office (NAIH) imposed fines in two major cases. Both could have been avoided with care and compliance with data protection rules. In the first case, a credit institution not named in the decision, for the purpose of evaluating...

Vaccination, PCR test and employment

by Ádám Illés, LL.M | Mar 31, 2021 | Coronavirus, Data protection (GDPR), Employment

With the appearance of multiple vaccinations and an increase in vaccine production capacities, we expect to reach a level this year when vaccination becomes available to the general public on a social security basis or through a private healthcare provider. In...

Like it or not: having a “Like” button on your website may qualify you as a joint controller

by dr. Illés Ádám | Mar 12, 2020 | Data protection (GDPR)

In a previous article, we reported that in case of using certain Facebook services, administrators of Facebook pages might be considered as data controllers – a fact they are not always aware of. A recent judgment of the European Court of Justice contains important...

Data processing at work in the light of the latest NAIH practice

by dr. Illés Ádám | Mar 12, 2020 | Data protection (GDPR)

Workplace data protection legislation has been of great interest since the entry into force of the GDPR. At the end of last year, two important decisions were issued that may outline the Hungarian regulatory practice for the application of GDPR to workplace data...

Next year even SMEs cannot escape from fine with a simple warning

by dr. Illés Ádám | Dec 20, 2019 | Consumer Law, Data protection (GDPR)

From 1 January 2020 the benefit regarding authorities shall warn SMEs instead of fine will be repelled. Act XXIV of 2004 on Small and Medium Enterprises and Supporting their Development (SME Act) provides for the concept of small and medium-sized enterprises and their...

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