Effective immediately, Sterling will no longer collect or publish Hungarian criminal records certificates to comply with local labour code and guidance from the Hungarian National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (NAIH). In accordance with the labour code and guidance from the Data Protection Authority (DPA), employers may not create or keep copies of criminal record certificates. This restriction further applies to third parties as candidates cannot be requested to upload a copy of their criminal record online as this would create a temporary copy of the document, until it is reviewed, which is prohibited. To reflect this, our ‘Nationwide Police Criminal History Check with Certificate’ service has been updated to ‘Nationwide Police Criminal History Check’. At the same time, we are withdrawing our Police Clearance Authentication check in Hungary, as it’s no longer available to order.
