HungaryInfotörvény Definitions, Biometric and Special-Category Data
2011. evi CXII. torveny, point 3 and point 3b ("kulonleges adat" and "biometrikus adat")
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In force since 25 May 2018.
A sensitive categories rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 24 August 2026.
What it requires
- Obtain an explicit General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Article 9(2) legal basis before processing biometric data of a person in Hungary; the Infotorveny's own definition tracks GDPR Article 4(14) without narrowing or expanding it.
What it reaches
Excludes recording-derived identifiersNo
What this law does
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The Infotorveny's own definitions list biometric data alongside racial or ethnic origin, political opinion, religious belief, trade-union membership, genetic data, health data, and sex-life or orientation data as a special category, matching General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Article 9(1) exactly.
Its biometric definition, read verbatim from the Act's own text, is a near-verbatim restatement of GDPR Article 4(14): "biometrikus adat: egy termeszetes szemely fizikai, fiziologiai vagy viselkedesi jellemzoire vonatkozo olyan, sajatos technikai eljarasokkal nyert szemelyes adat, amely lehetove teszi vagy megerositi a termeszetes szemely egyedi azonositasat, mint peldaul az arckep vagy a daktiloszkopiai adat" (English: biometric data means personal data obtained through specific technical procedures relating to the physical, physiological, or behavioural characteristics of a natural person, which enables or confirms the unique identification of that natural person, such as the facial image or dactyloscopic fingerprint data), naming the same two examples GDPR names and no others, including no audio analogue.
A reported employment-biometric derogation, permitting biometric access control to prevent unauthorized access to classified or hazardous information, comes from one commentary source only (CMS) and could not be verified against this primary text; it is not asserted here.
When LexLint raises it
processes_biometricsprocesses_voicehigh_risk_decisions
Read the law
njt.jog.gov.hu, Infotorveny definitions section (verbatim)
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