35 result(s) for privacy law in Current Affairs
Strasbourg Turns Down Hungary Appeal In Human Rights Case
- 8 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg turned down an appeal by the Hungarian government and upheld an earlier decision condemning Hungary for its law allowing secret surveillance and data collection by national security services without court consent.
EU Data Protection Chiefs Meet In Budapest
- 27 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
European Union data protection chiefs began a two-day conference in Budapest on Thursday to discuss, among other topics, the EU’s new data protection law and the balance between privacy and security. Hungarian data protection commissioner Attila Péterfalvi said Hungary will present at the conference a new audit-like method with which it can keep the activities of national security services under ...
Kúria Rules In Favour Of Police Privacy
- 28 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Kúria has decided that the right to privacy of police officers outweighs the fact that they exercise public power, upholding the argument that their faces must be covered in press photos. Earlier the Constitutional Court ruled that the faces of police officers need not be covered, as their role as agents of public power outweighs their right to privacy.
Xpat Opinion: First Reactions In Hungary To Brussels Attacks
- 25 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
As terror strikes in Brussels, Hungarian commentators – from staunchly liberal to stout conservative – seem to agree: this means war. And a long one at that.
Xpat Opinion: Péter Juhász, TV2 & Fidesz Locked In War Over Wealth
- 22 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Népszabadság accuses the government’s communication team of targeting people critical of those in power, while Pesti Srácok warns that opposition politicians are also public figures who must face public scrutiny.
Hungarian MPs Welcome US Steps To Restore Int’l Trust
- 30 Oct 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian lawmakers attended an international intelligence and security forum organised in Washington, DC, and welcomed the steps taken by the United States to rebuild trust with the international community after revelations about the National Security Agency’s mass surveillance programs. The lawmakers said after the forum, attended by some 100 representatives from 22 countries, that although ...
Venice Commission Calls For Further Changes To Hungary Media Law
- 22 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Though Hungary has improved its media regulations in recent years, increasing the freedom of the media in the country requires further measures, the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission said in an opinion. The Commission evaluated Hungary’s media laws adopted in 2010, and the law on last year’s advertisement tax.
Xpat Opinion: America Wants Policy Change In Hungary
- 27 Oct 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators across the political spectrum agree that the United States wants Hungary to reverse the political course it has been following for the past few years. All place the recent American entry ban imposed on six Hungarian personalities suspected of corruption in this context. But they disagree on who is right and who is wrong in this dispute.
US Bans Alleged Corrupt Hungarian Gov’t Officials
- 20 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The US has banned several Hungarian officials, some of them members of the government, due to their involvement in corruption, US chargé d’affaires André Goodfriend confirmed at a Friday press conference. America’s top diplomat in Hungary spoke to reporters after he was summoned to the foreign ministry, where he was asked to share any evidence of corruption.
Strasbourg Turns Down Hungary Appeal In Human Rights Case
- 8 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg turned down an appeal by the Hungarian government and upheld an earlier decision condemning Hungary for its law allowing secret surveillance and data collection by national security services without court consent.
EU Data Protection Chiefs Meet In Budapest
- 27 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
European Union data protection chiefs began a two-day conference in Budapest on Thursday to discuss, among other topics, the EU’s new data protection law and the balance between privacy and security. Hungarian data protection commissioner Attila Péterfalvi said Hungary will present at the conference a new audit-like method with which it can keep the activities of national security services under ...
Kúria Rules In Favour Of Police Privacy
- 28 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Kúria has decided that the right to privacy of police officers outweighs the fact that they exercise public power, upholding the argument that their faces must be covered in press photos. Earlier the Constitutional Court ruled that the faces of police officers need not be covered, as their role as agents of public power outweighs their right to privacy.
Xpat Opinion: First Reactions In Hungary To Brussels Attacks
- 25 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
As terror strikes in Brussels, Hungarian commentators – from staunchly liberal to stout conservative – seem to agree: this means war. And a long one at that.
Xpat Opinion: Péter Juhász, TV2 & Fidesz Locked In War Over Wealth
- 22 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Népszabadság accuses the government’s communication team of targeting people critical of those in power, while Pesti Srácok warns that opposition politicians are also public figures who must face public scrutiny.
Hungarian MPs Welcome US Steps To Restore Int’l Trust
- 30 Oct 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian lawmakers attended an international intelligence and security forum organised in Washington, DC, and welcomed the steps taken by the United States to rebuild trust with the international community after revelations about the National Security Agency’s mass surveillance programs. The lawmakers said after the forum, attended by some 100 representatives from 22 countries, that although ...
Venice Commission Calls For Further Changes To Hungary Media Law
- 22 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Though Hungary has improved its media regulations in recent years, increasing the freedom of the media in the country requires further measures, the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission said in an opinion. The Commission evaluated Hungary’s media laws adopted in 2010, and the law on last year’s advertisement tax.
Xpat Opinion: America Wants Policy Change In Hungary
- 27 Oct 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators across the political spectrum agree that the United States wants Hungary to reverse the political course it has been following for the past few years. All place the recent American entry ban imposed on six Hungarian personalities suspected of corruption in this context. But they disagree on who is right and who is wrong in this dispute.
US Bans Alleged Corrupt Hungarian Gov’t Officials
- 20 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The US has banned several Hungarian officials, some of them members of the government, due to their involvement in corruption, US chargé d’affaires André Goodfriend confirmed at a Friday press conference. America’s top diplomat in Hungary spoke to reporters after he was summoned to the foreign ministry, where he was asked to share any evidence of corruption.