Márton Domokos

Practice Areas

Márton is senior counsel in the commercial team at CMS Budapest, specialising in data protection, commercial transactions and the TMT sector. He is coordinator of the CEE Data Protection Practice. In addition to his regulatory experience, he has a strong background and knowledge in data protection and keeps abreast of regulatory changes. He regularly lectures (e.g. Legal Forum, Infotér, National University of Public Service) and publishes articles on data protection issues (e.g. IAPP Privacy Perspectives, Thomson Reuters' Data Privacy AdvisorOneTrust Data Guidance - a major international publisher providing services in the field of data protection and compliance). He chairs the Privacy Section of the Direct and Interactive Marketing Association. He is a member of the Hungarian Artificial Intelligence Coalition, and as a technology legal expert he helped to develop the national AI strategy and is actively involved in the work of the Regulatory Committee .He is a regular lecturer at the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences of the University of Pécs, at the Infocommunication Lawyer Training and at the Data Science Training of the Kürt Academy.

Professional Memberships

- Founding member of the Data Protection Board of the Direct and Interactive Marketing Association

- Member, Budapest Bar Association

Publications

- Navigating Out of Safe Harbors - CEE Legal Matters

- Recent EU judgments in privacy cause far reaching implications on online operations - Financier Worldwide

- Hungary develops its national public eHealth system - eHealth Law & Policy

- Examining the impact of Weltimmo on e-commerce activities - Data Protection Law & Policy

- The mandatory content of data processing information and regulations – detailed recommendations by the Hungarian National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (NAIH) to companies to facilitate compliance with the Information Act (article in Hungarian) - Jogifórum

- The Act on data protection can be also applied to companies registered in a foreign country (article in Hungarian) - Origo

- Hungarian DPA Reinvents Privacy Notices and Policies - The Privacy Advisor

- Latest Hungarian reforms to protect state-owned operator - World Online Gambling Law Report

- Data Protection Act Amendments Include Rules on BCRs, Data Breaches - World Data Protection Report

- Data subject access to CCTV recordings (article in Hungarian) – Origo

- Hungary - DPA Requesting a Flyby - Europe Data Protection Digest / The Privacy Advisor

- BCRs, security breaches and increased fines on the horizon - a proposed bill to modify the Hungarian Data Protection Act - Data Protection Law & Policy

- EU Data Protection Regulation – Let’s Start Preparing (article in Hungarian) – Kreativ Online

- Hungary Steps Up its Child Protection Measures Online - Data Protection Law & Policy

- Hungarian DPA Cracks Down on Fortune Telling Company's Direct Marketing, Here's What You Need To Know – The Privacy Advisor

- CMS: Data Controllers to Revise their Practices 1-2 (article in Hungarian) – Origo

- Updated Data Processing Practices – Recent findings from the DPA on Direct Marketing (article in Hungarian) – Jogifórum

- 2014: Key Year in Data Protection (article in Hungarian) – Napi Gazdaság

- Hungarian DPA Suggests Refinements in IT Policies – The Privacy Adivsor

- CMS: 2014 – New Target Date of the EU’s Data Protection Reform (article in Hungarian) – Origo

- DPA Sets Out New Guidelines for Data Processing Agreements - World Data Protection Report

- "We've got a guy who wants to talk, but he's constrained." – Whistleblowing Rules in the Private Sector (article in Hungarian) – Jogifórum

- CMS: The Employee may Report Unlawful Practices in a More Secure Way (article in Hungarian) – Origo

- New Whistle-Blowing Law Introduces New Personal Data Protection Rules - World Data Protection Report

- New Whistleblowing Law Generates New Data Privacy Issues in Hungary – The Privacy Advisor

- Highlights from the New DPA’s “Year One” – The Privacy Advisor

- EU Data Protection Law – Important Changes for Companies and Authorities (1-2) (article in Hungarian) – Origo

- "Keep bangin' on the wall of Fortress Europe" The Draft EU Data Protection Regulation (article in Hungarian) – Jogifórum

- Cloud computing – Challenges for the Financial Players (article in Hungarian) – Tanácsadó Magazin

- FATCA – Financial and Insurance Law Challenges from the USA (article in Hungarian) – Napi Gazdaság

- Cookie Monster is here! Cookies and the Law – Jogifórum

- Cloud Computing and the Law (article in Hungarian) – Napi Gazdaság

- Data Security UK style – Cases at the ICO (article in Hungarian) – Jogifórum

- Financial Supervisory Authority issues Circular for Hungarian Financial Institutions on the Use of Cloud Computing Technologies – The Privacy Advisor

- Hungary – European Commission Investigates the Independence of New Data Protection Authority – The Privacy Advisor

Languages Spoken

Hungarian

English

Education