the file According to the parent company on Facebook, Meta, from Hungary, as in the first half of 2024. According to the transparency report issued by the social media company, 1,49 requests were sent in the first six months of the year, which was a total of 1,365 user account. Meta established these applications in 66 percent of cases, which correspond to the previous classroom.
Hungarian authorities require more and more data every year: 1030 in the first half of 2023 and 1080 in the second half, while in the first six months of 2022, there were only 625 requests.
Hungary is one of the most active data requests compared to the surrounding countries. Meta achieved 66 percent in Hungary, which is less than Austria (82.9 percent), the Czech Republic (79.7 percent) and Poland (68.4 percent), but it exceeds the Slovenia rate by 36.4 percent.
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Hungarian authorities usually require data by court order or other legal procedures, especially with regard to crimes. In the first semester of 2024, 1411 of these legal requests were received and 8 emergency data requests were submitted in the event of life -threatening positions or serious crimes.
Meta regularly rejects certain applications in Hungary because they do not consider them sufficiently justified or legally suitable. However, the performance rate increased: while in the first half of 2023, it was only 50.63 percent, it reached 66 percent in the first six months of 2024. The company has completed Hungarian requests in recent years, for example, in 2021, for example, only 51-57 percent achieved data.
In addition to data requests, the authorities can keep data from some accounts and pages to prevent them from erasing. In the first half of 2024, 34 of these requests were received from Hungary, which applied for a total of 63 user accounts. This is a relatively low number compared to other countries in the region, for example, in Austria, hundreds of these requests were registered.
