Hungary

Budapest Environs Regional Court

8,575 €

GDPR enforcement action by Hungarian National Authority for Data Protection and the Freedom of Information (NAIH) on 2019-07-17.

Rank · Sector

#196

of 357 in Public Sector and Education

Rank · Hungary

#28

of 75

Rank · All fines

#1,490

of 3,050

Case details

Authority: Hungarian National Authority for Data Protection and the Freedom of Information (NAIH)
Date: 2019-07-17
Controller / Processor: Budapest Environs Regional Court
Sector: Public Sector and Education
Quoted Articles: Art. 5 GDPR, Art. 6 GDPR
Type of violation: Insufficient legal basis for data processing

Summary

The chairman of the Budapest Environs Regional Court organised a meeting for court officials, during which he stated that he quit from the Hungarian Association of Judges and requested the present court officials to persuade their colleagues to do so as well. The chairman also presented a list on the members of the Association in Pest county, which also included information on the amount of membership fees deducted from the salary of judges. The list consisted of data collected from the judges’ payroll records. NAIH determined that the Budapest Environs Regional Court may only process such data for the purpose of deduction and payroll management. NAIH also determined that the Budapest Environs Regional Court lacked a legal basis for data processing, when it provided access to data of employees regarding their membership in an association, to other persons.

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