European Commission refers Hungary to top EU Court.

• Position: DATA PROTECTION - Brief article

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The European Commission (EC) took issue with some of the reforms recently made by Hungary's president. One of the legislative changes of particular concern would give the government the ability to fire the head of the country's data protection agency at any time and effective immediately.

The EC questioned whether this was a violation of European Union (EU) law and referred it to the EU's highest court in a dispute over government...