Hungary Data Protection Agency raises UAV privacy issues

HUNGARY MULLS UAV DATA PROTECTION ISSUES | Article - Mon 22 Dec 2014 04:37:49 PM UTC | airsoc.com.

Hungary’s national authority for data protection and freedom of information (NAIH) has issued a paper informing lawmakers – currently in the process of drafting UAV laws for the nation – that in spite of the potential benefits that commercial and private UAVs would have, data protection needs to be considered and a specific law relating to this needs to be established.

Hungary mulls UAV data protection issues - 12/22/2014 - Flight Global
Hungary’s national authority for data protection and freedom of information (NAIH) has issued a paper informing lawmakers – currently in the process of drafting UAV laws for the nation – that in spite of the potential benefits that commercial and private UAVs would have, data protection needs to be considered and a specific law relating to this needs to be established.
“The widespread proliferation of drones can be expected,” the paper says, “mainly because it is an easy versatile accessory equipped with cost-effective solutions [for] commercial users”.
The NAIH is recommending that the “unborn legislation” relating to UAVs consider the “evolving domestic and international scientific beliefs and public image of the new technology” within it, the paper says.
“In Hungary, for the time being, the control of drones for civilian use is under preparation,” the paper says. “The authority is of the view that this issue needs to be regulated at the legal level, which will form part of the law on the use of drones – especially for private use – for data protection provisions.”

Hungarian Data Protection Authority urges the legislator to tackle the privacy and security risks of RPAS - Lexology
On 14 November 2014, the Hungarian National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (the NAIH) published its recommendations on the civil use of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) to provide the Ministry of National Development, which has been working on draft legislation on RPAS, with information on the privacy and security risks of this technology. The NAIH outlines certain issues triggered by the use of RPAS and urges the legislator to adopt specific provisions to address the security risks resulting from inappropriate and bad faith RPAS. The NAIH intends to establish the basic principles of a longer legislative process for a framework of RPAS operations so these recommendations are a call for legislation rather than practical guidelines for the users addressing each and every aspect of RPAS operation. Yet the NAIH also sets some basic principles for users although the legal background is either missing or controversial.

General Information - NEMZETI ADATVÉDELMI ÉS INFORMÁCIÓSZABADSÁG HATÓSÁG

The Hungarian National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information is responsible for supervising and defending the right to the protection of personal data and to freedom of information in Hungary.   Our responsibilities extend to cover both the state and private sectors.

The National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information is regulated by Act CXII of 2011, on Informational Self-determination and Freedom of Information, which was endorsed by the National Assembly on 11 July 2011.  The Act is comprehensive in scope, and concerns all data control and data processing activities undertaken in Hungary.  The Act defines these activities as those which relate to the data of a natural person, as well as data in the public interest and data made public on the grounds of being in the public interest.