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Data erasure codes on the Hungarian market — what they are and what it means for you
If you sell durable media, such as smartphones or laptops, Hungarian law requires you to provide a special code with the purchased product. If you list your offer in the right category, we will do it for you on allegro.hu.
The sellers on the Hungarian market must comply with the Data Erasure Act — the act regarding digital data protection. To ensure the safety of that data, Hungarian law requires the sellers to provide data erasure codes with certain products.
Data erasure codes are used to permanently delete data from a device. The buyer can use the code before selling or transferring the ownership of their device to another person. This ensures that all data will be safely erased.
What products it concerns
The Act names several kinds of so-called durable media. You can check the list in English on the website of the Hungarian government office.
Based on that list, we have determined to which categories on Allegro we should apply those regulations.
In the Computers category, we take into account the following subcategories:
- Laptops
- Desktop Computers
- Mini Computers and all its subcategories
- Vintage Computers and all its subcategories
- Portable Disks and Memory
- SSD Disks
- HDD Disks
- USB Flash Drives
- File Servers (NAS)
- Devices in the Tablets category.
In the Phones and Accessories category, we take into account the subcategory:
In the Photography category, we take into account the following subcategories:
Digital Cameras and all its subcategories
in the Memory Cards category:
What exactly you are required to do
The law requires sellers who offer durable media to, among others:
- download the codes from the Hungarian Tax Office (NAV) in packages of up to 100,000 units
- inform the buyers before purchase that the seller must provide them with a data erasure code — for example, by displaying this information in the offer
- provide the buyers with the codes — 1 code per every product purchased
- provide the buyers with necessary information about the codes and how to use them
- send weekly reports to NAV with the list of codes already given to buyers.
The obligations listed in the Act can be fulfilled by the seller or by the sales platform on their behalf. That is why Allegro fulfills those obligations for you — as long as you list the offer in the right category.
What you have to do as a seller on Allegro
If you sell the products mentioned in the Act on Allegro and list them in the right categories — that is all! You do not need to take action.
In the offers in the categories listed above, we will show all the necessary information to buyers on allegro.hu. When someone makes a purchase in such an offer — we will send them the data erasure code and instructions in a separate email right after the purchase.
If you list the offer in the wrong category — we will not provide the buyer with the required code
We only provide the codes for purchases in those categories on Allegro that contain products listed in the Hungarian Data Erasure Act. If you select the wrong category and, for example, list a laptop in the Cases and Covers category — we will not be able to fulfill your legal obligation for you.
How the buyer can use the code
The data erasure code is a string of 16 digits or a QR code. The buyer receives the code right after purchasing the product — in the case of purchases on Allegro, we send the code and data erasure instructions in a separate email.
Each code is single-use only. It can only be used once, to erase the data from a specific device. To use it, the buyer needs specific software. It can be downloaded from this website.
