The Criminal Law Protection of Personal Data in Hungary
The Criminal Law Protection of Personal Data in Hungary

Author(s): Dávid Tóth
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Criminal Law
Published by: Правни факултет Универзитета у Источном Сарајеву
Keywords: Personal data; Criminal law; Identity theft;
Summary/Abstract: The title of may essay is "The Criminal Law Protection of Personal Data in Hungary". Personal data has dramatically increased in value over the past century. On the one hand, the state is interested in keeping as wide-ranging records of its own citizens as possible. On the other hand, large global digital companies (e.g., Amazon; Google, Facebook, etc.) appeared, for which the acquisition of personal data has extremely high marketing value. Thirdly, individual and organized criminal groups also want to obtain personal data to abuse it in various ways illegally. That is why it is essential to protect personal data bay administrative and private legal means (e.g., GDPR) and by criminal law. My study aims to review and analyze the criminal law protection system of personal data in Hungary. I examine the regulation of the Hungarian criminal code and its application. I also study the crime forms related to personal data (e.g., identity theft). After the above analyses, I would like to formulate forward-looking proposals for the legislator and law-enforcement bodies.

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