Hungary has not adopted national legislation based on or influenced by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Electronic Signatures.

Hungary has not signed the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts.

Under Section 15/C of the Act CVII of 2001 on Electronic Commerce, video sharing platform services are subject to a notification requirement. It is reported that, in the authorities' current practice, this notification has to include an official registration number, which is only available to companies with a local presence in Hungary. According to industry reports, this bureaucratic hurdle concerns other digital services and e-commerce as well.

The Consumer Rights Directive 2011/83/EU provides an updated framework aimed at encouraging online sales. The Directive has been implemented by the Act CLV of 1997 on Consumer Protection (as amended in September 2019).

Only natural persons and entities with residency in the EU or the European Economic Area (EEA) can apply for a ".hu" domain.

The EU Directive on Audiovisual Media Services (AVMS) covers traditional broadcasting services as well as audiovisual media services provided on-demand, including via the Internet. Article 13(1) provides for Member States to secure a minimum 30% share of European works in the catalogues as well as "ensuring prominence" of those works. "Prominence" involves promoting European works through facilitating access to such works using any appropriate means to ensure prominence of European works. The Directive has been implemented by Member States in different ways, ranging from very extensive and detailed measures to a mere reference to the general obligation to promote European works.
Hungary has implemented Article 13 at the Act LXIII of 2019 amending certain laws relating to media services 2019 by imposing on video-on-demand (VOD) providers the obligation to reserve a share of European works in their catalogue.

It is reported that Hungary's ban on ride-sharing services is implemented by blocking their apps and websites. Under Hungarian legislation, Uber and other ride-sharing companies are classified as "illegal dispatcher services", as they do not conform to the same regulations as conventional taxi operators. Uber considered that the new legislation made its business model unfeasible in Hungary and left the country in 2016.

It is reported that Hungary imposes an identity requirement for SIM registration. Anyone wanting to purchase a SIM card has to provide their national ID card, or a passport in case of foreigners, to activate a new prepaid SIM card.

The Directive 2000/31/EC (E-Commerce Directive) is the legal basis governing the liability of Internet Services Providers (ISPs) in the EU Member States and includes a conditional safe harbor. Not all Member States have transposed the relevant articles consistently, leading to divergent national case law that could cause legal insecurity on an EU level.
Under Section 7/3 of the Act CVIII on Electronic Commerce, which transposes Directive 2000/31/EC, service providers and intermediaries are protected from liability for third-party content. However, this exemption does not cover disguised advertising, regulated in Section 14/A.

The Directive 2000/31/EC (E-Commerce Directive) is the legal basis governing the liability of Internet Services Providers (ISPs) in the EU Member States and includes a conditional safe harbor. Not all Member States have transposed the relevant articles consistently, leading to divergent national case law that could cause legal insecurity on an EU level.
Under Section 7/3 of the Act CVIII on Electronic Commerce, which transposes Directive 2000/31/EC, service providers and intermediaries are protected from liability for third-party content. However, this exemption does not cover disguised advertising, regulated in Section 14/A.

Art. 159/A of Act C of 2003 provides that mobile service providers and ISPs must provide user data to the authorities upon request. The Constitutional Court found this law unconstitutional in 2022 and called on parliament to amend the legislation by the end of the year, but it is reported that parliament failed to comply.

Under the EU Directive on Data Retention, operators were required to retain certain categories of traffic and location data (excluding the content of those communications) for a period between six months and two years and to make them available, on request, to law enforcement authorities for the purposes of investigating, detecting and prosecuting serious crime and terrorism. On 8 April 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union declared the Directive invalid. However, not all national laws which implemented the Directive have been overturned. This is the case of Hungary. Under Art. 159/A of the Act C of 2003 on Electronic Communications, internet service providers have to store connection data for 12 months at least.

It is reported that the National Media and Infocommunications Authority (NMHH), the executive authority for the supervision and administration of services in the telecommunications sector, is independent from the government in the decision-making process.

Under Section 3 of the Act L of 2013 on Electronic information security of state and local government organizations, data processing for certain institutions, including governmental bodies, National Bank, or local municipalities, must be provided from the territory of Hungary.

It is reported that Hungary does not mandate functional separation for operators with significant market power (SMP) in the telecom market. However, accounting separation is required by law.