Hungary’s data watchdog faces a credibility crisis

Mar 9, 2026 - 15:00
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Hungary’s data watchdog faces a credibility crisis
Hungary’s data protection authority is meant to protect citizens from abuse. But when secrecy, surveillance and political power collide, European courts and institutions have repeatedly raised the same troubling question: is the watchdog truly independent, or only independent on paper? Hungary’s National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (NAIH) is supposed to be […]