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HUNGARY: NGO letter to government on Data Protection Commissioner from Károly Policy Institute, Hungarian Helsinki Committee and Hungarian Civil Liberties Union

01 October 2011

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HUNGARY: NGO letter to government on Data Protection Commissioner from Károly Policy Institute, Hungarian Helsinki Committee and Hungarian Civil Liberties Union:

"In this letter the three undersigned Hungarian NGOs wish to clarify an outstanding problem arising from an Act of the Parliament of Hungary, namely the independence of the Data Protection Commissioner... According to this [new] Act, the current data protection commissioner will be replaced on 1 January, 2012, years before the end of the fixed six-year term. We believe that the Hungarian Republic is failing to fulfil its obligations under EU law, therefore we suggest the Commission to initiate a proceeding against Hungary for this failure."

See also: Hungarian NGOs turn to Barroso over planned removal of Hungarian data protection commissioner (HCLU, link)

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