Requests for public interest data
Submitting a request for access to data of public interest.
Anyone may submit a request to the Mayor’s Office for access to data of public interest or data public on grounds of public interest (hereinafter together: data of public interest) orally, in writing or electronically, stating the requester’s name and contact details.
Postal address:
Mayor’s Office of Erzsébetváros, District VII, Budapest
1073 Budapest, Erzsébet krt. 6.
Email address:kozerdeku@erzsebetvaros.hu
Information on requests for access to data of public interest is available from:
György Németh, officer
1073 Budapest, Erzsébet krt. 6.
Phone: 06-1-462-3174
Data subject to disclosure obligations relating to the Mayor’s Office and the Local Government are directly available on the website (www.erzsebetvaros.hu/page/uevegzseb).
The process for fulfilling requests for access to data.
–a) Checking whether the request contains the requester’s name and contact details.
–b) If the data request is unclear, asking the requester to clarify it.
–c) The request must also be examined to determine
owhether the requested data qualify as data of public interest under Sections 3 and 26 of Act CXII of 2011 on the right to informational self-determination and freedom of information (hereinafter: Infotv.).
owhether the provisions of the Infotv. on personal data and trade secrets must be applied.
owho the data controller is (the notary, the mayor, or the head of the local government institution or company independently).
–d) The data request must be fulfilled as soon as possible after receipt, within 15 days at the latest.
–e) If fulfilling the data request involves a large volume or number of data, or would require a disproportionate use of the staff needed for core activities, the requester will be notified within 15 days that the deadline is extended by another 15 days. In this case the request will be fulfilled within 30 days of its submission.
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–f) If, when the request is submitted or at any later stage of the procedure, it is found that the data in the request, or part of them, are not processed by the Mayor’s Office or the Local Government, the requester must be informed which body is the data controller and to whom the data request can be submitted. If the competent body cannot be determined, the requester must also be informed of this.
–g) The Mayor’s Office informs the requester of the refusal of the request and its reasons within 15 days, in writing or – if the request was received electronically or states an email address – electronically.
Data processing.
The requester’s personal data may only be processed to the extent necessary to fulfill the request and to pay the fee set for making copies. Under Section 28 (2) and Section 29 (1a) of the Infotv., the requester’s personal data may be stored for one year from submission, after which they are deleted.
Legal remedy
If the request for access to data of public interest is refused, or if the deadline for fulfillment or the deadline extended by the data controller expires without result, or to have the amount of the fee set for fulfilling the data request reviewed, the requester may file a complaint with the Hungarian National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (1055 Budapest, Falk Miksa utca 9-11.) or bring an action before the Pest Central District Court within 30 days of the decision being delivered. In the case of a complaint based on any of the above grounds, the Authority’s investigation may be initiated within one year of the notification of the refusal, the expiry of the deadline without result, or the deadline for paying the fee.