National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (HU DPA)
Organisation name in original language
Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság (NAIH)
Category of human rights structure
Statutory human rights body
Country
Hungary
Type(s) of body
Data Protection Authority (DPA)
Legal source(s)
- Act CXII of 2011 on Informational Self-determination and Freedom of Information (2011. évi CXII. törvény az információs önrendelkezési jogról és információszabadságról)
- Act CLV of 2009 on the Protection of Classified Information (2009. évi CLV. törvény a minősített adat védelméről)
- Act CI of 2023 on the System for the Exploitation of National Data and Certain Services (2023. évi CI. törvény a nemzeti adatvagyon hasznosításának rendszeréről és az egyes szolgáltatásokról)
- Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Article 16
- EU Charter of Fundamental Rights,Article 8
- Regulation (EU) 2016/679 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC
- Directive (EU) 2016/680 of the European Parliament and of the Council of27 April 2016on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by competent authorities for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Council Framework Decision 2008/977/JHA
- Regulation (EU) 2022/868 of the European Parliament and of the Council of30 May 2022on European data governance and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1724
- Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council of19 October 2022on a single market for digital services and amending Directive 2000/31/EC
Human rights capacity support
Not applicableFunctions
- Oversight
- Providing remedy
- Collecting data on human rights violations
- Performing promotional activities
- Other
Specific mandates
- Freedom of information
- Any other function under international human rights conventions, under EU legislation or under the national legal system
Structured cooperation with partners at national level
- Shares its positions with the judiciary, which are taken into account in judicial decision-making on data protection matters.
- Makes recommendations on new legislation and amendments to legislation on the processing of personal data and access to data of public interest.
- Gives its opinion on draft legislation affecting its tasks.
Structured cooperation with partners at international and EU level
- Cooperates with other supervisory authorities through the framework for cooperation and the consistency mechanism laid out in Chapter VII of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
- Participates in the European Data Protection Board, pursuant to Article 68(3) of the GDPR.
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