The Hungarian DPA issued a fine of HUF 30,000,000 (approx. EUR 75,000) against a Hungarian coin dealer company for unlawful data processing related to its marketing activities.
The Hungarian Data Protection Authority (Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság, NAIH) has recently published its full decision on the case in which the Authority imposed a fine ca. EUR 665,000 (HUF 250 million), the highest data protection fine to date in Hungary.
The Hungarian Data Protection Authority (Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság, NAIH) has recently published its annual report in which it presented a case where the Authority imposed the highest fine to date of ca. EUR 670,000 (HUF 250 million).
The next couple of months will be pivotal for the years to come in the Hungarian online gambling market because the HGA might put an end to the de facto cease-fire that has been in place ever since 2018 with the international online gambling operators.
Gambling is a regulatory area where Member States, due to their moral and cultural differences, enjoy a wide margin of discretion when choosing their objectives and thus market structure, however such freedom is not without boundaries: restrictive measures, such as state monopolies, must nevertheless satisfy the requirements best summarised by the landmark decision of Gebhard.
* Önálló ügyvéd, együttműködésben a DLA Piper Posztl, Nemescsói, Györfi-Tóth és Társai Ügyvédi Irodával. | Independent attorney-at-law in cooperation with DLA Piper Posztl, Nemescsói, Györfi-Tóth and Partners.
** Független tanácsadó, együttműködésben a DLA Piper Posztl, Nemescsói, Györfi-Tóth és Társai Ügyvédi Irodával. | Independent expert in cooperation with DLA Piper Posztl, Nemescsói, Györfi-Tóth and Partners.
