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Slovakia

Summary

Law: The Act No. 18/2018 Coll. on Protection of Personal Data and on Amendments to certain Acts (only available in Slovak here) (the Act) and the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (GDPR)

Regulator: Office for Personal Data Protection of the Slovak Republic (ÚOOÚ) 

Summary: Slovakia implemented the GDPR in 2018 through the Act No. 18/2018 Coll. on Protection of Personal Data and on Amendments to certain Acts (the Act) which came into effect on May 25, 2018. The Act primarily replicates the provisions of the GDPR, introduces national derogations in certain areas, and transposes the Data Protection Directive with Respect to Law Enforcement (Directive (EU) 2016/680) into the Slovak legal system. The Office for Personal Data Protection of the Slovak Republic (ÚOOÚ) is the national supervisory authority in the area of data protection and has further powers and responsibilities beyond those specifically conferred by Article 58 of the GDPR, such as providing consultancy services in relation to personal data protection and expressing its view on proposed legislation concerning personal data protection. In addition, the ÚOOÚ has guidance on various data protection issues, notably including its list of processing operations which are subject to Data Protection Impact Assessment pursuant to Article 35 of the GDPR.

Insights

Article 37 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) obliges data controllers and processors to designate a data protection officer (DPO). As part of this obligation, data controllers and processors are also required to publish the contact details of the DPO and to communicate the DPO's contact details to relevant supervisory authorities. In part one of this Insight series, OneTrust DataGuidance focuses on the requirement to communicate DPO contact details to the relevant supervisory authorities, providing an overview of the rules and guidelines for DPO contact registration across Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the UK.

Changes are coming to Slovakia's regulation of electronic communications, with new rules on cookies and marketing. Michaela Strakova, Junior Associate at Kinstellar, s.r.a, discusses these reforms and their impact.