Art. 86
Personal data in official documents held by a public authority or a public body or a private body for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest may be disclosed by the authority or body in accordance with Union or Member State law to which the public authority or body is subject in order to reconcile public access to official documents with the right to the protection of personal data pursuant to this Regulation.
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Art. 80a
Personal data in official documents held by a public authority or a public body or a private body for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest may be disclosed by the authority or body in accordance with Union law or Member State law to which the public authority or body is subject in order to reconcile public access to official documents with the right to the protection of personal data pursuant to this Regulation.
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(72) Whereas this Directive allows the principle of public access to official documents to be taken into account when implementing the principles set out in this Directive
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General provisions on access to information of public interest
§ 26 Data Protection Act
(1) Any person or body attending to statutory State or municipal government functions or performing other public duties provided for by the relevant legislation (hereinafter referred to collectively as “body with public service functions”) shall allow free access to the public information and information of public interest they have on file to any person, save where otherwise provided for in this Act.
(2) The name of the person acting on behalf of a body with public service functions shall be considered information of public interest, including his job description and responsibilities, title and other personal data that may be of interest relating to the public function, as well as all other personal data that is to be made public by law. Personal data which are considered information of public interest may be disclosed under the principle of target-specific data processing. Personal data which are considered information of public interest may be published on websites in accordance with Schedule No. 1 and the Act on the Legal Status of Persons Entrusted with Public Functions.
(3) Unless otherwise prescribed by law, any data, other than personal data, that is processed by bodies or persons providing services prescribed mandatory by law or under contract with any governmental agency, central or local, if such services are not available in any other way or form, to the extent necessary for their activities shall be deemed information of public interest.
(4) The bodies or persons referred to in Subsection (3) shall comply with requests for access
Established: by Section 1 of Act XCI of 2013. In force: as of 21. 06. 2013.
Enacted by Section 4 of Act CXXIX of 2015, effective as of 1 October 2015.
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