Hungary

Legislation

• Parliamentary Act No LXIII of 1992 on the protection of personal data
• Parliamentary Act No XXI of 2008 on the protection of human genetic data and the regulation of human genetic studies, research and biobanks. The law refers to the use of genetic information in the such contexts: of genetic testing, screening, and research. The law restricts the use of genetic data only in this biomedical context so even in the lack of regulation of the broader use of genetic data based on the act genetic data processed for diagnostic or research purposes cannot be disseminated for the purposes of insurance.

Commentaries on the Law

• Preliminary Expert Concept in relation to the Parliamentary Bill on the Protection of Personal Genetic Data, Genetic Research, Tests, and Biobanks  (by Health Research Council) (In Hungarian)
• The Position Paper of the Scientific Health Council on the Medical, Ethical and Legal Background of Stem Cells Gained from Cord Blood (by Medical Research Council) (In Hungarian)