In accordance with Article 38 of the Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 concerning the Visa Information System (VIS Regulation) and the exchange of data between Member States on short-stay visas, you have the right to obtain information about your personal data recorded in the VIS by any Schengen Area Member State, request that incorrect data be rectified and that unlawfully processed data be erased.

In accordance with Article 26 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic and the Police of the Czech Republic are joint controllers of personal data processed in the VIS.

I.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs performs the tasks of the controller responsible for the processing of personal data in the VIS, which it enters in the system, pursuant to Section 166(3) of the Act on the Residence of Foreign Nationals.

If you have submitted your Schengen visa application at a diplomatic mission of the Czech Republic, you can submit a request for information about your personal data recorded in the VIS, their correction or erasure at the following address:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic

Loretánské náměstí 5, 118 00  Prague 1

E-mail: epodatelna@mzv.gov.cz

Data box ID: e4xaaxh

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Contacts of the Data Protection Officer:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic

Loretánské náměstí 5, 118 00 Prague 1

E-mail: poverenec@mzv.gov.cz

Data box ID: e4xaaxh

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic shall examine and reply to the request as soon as possible, and at the latest within one month of receipt of the request.

II.

Police of the Czech Republic performs the tasks of the controller responsible for the processing of personal data in the VIS, which it enters in the system, pursuant to Section 167a(1) of the Act on the Residence of Foreign Nationals.

If you have submitted your Schengen visa application at the external border of the Czech Republic, you can submit a request for information about your personal data recorded in the VIS, their correction or erasure at the following address:

Police of the Czech Republic

Police Presidium of the Czech Republic

Strojnická 27 (PO BOX 62/K-SOU), 170 89  Prague 7

E-mail: epodatelna.policie@policie.gov.cz

Data box ID: gs9ai55

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Contacts of the Data Protection Officer:

Police of the Czech Republic

Police Presidium of the Czech Republic

Strojnická 27 (PO BOX 62/K-SOU), 170 89  Prague 7

E-mail: podatelna@policie.gov.cz

Data box ID: gs9ai55

Request related to the personal data processed in the VIS may be sent only to one of the above-mentioned authorities. Reply will be provided on behalf of each Data Controller.

You also have the right to contact the Office for Personal Data Protection, Pplk. Sochora 27, 170 00  Prague 7, pursuant to Article 12(4) of the General Data Protection Regulation.

Personal data submitted in the Schengen visa application or in supporting documents, as well as the data relating to the decision on your application or the decision to annul, revoke or renew the visa issued, will be entered into the VIS and  stored for a maximum period of five years, during which time they will be accessible to the visa authorities and the authorities carrying out visa checks at the external borders and in the Member States,  the immigration and asylum authorities of the Member States in order to verify that the conditions for authorisation to enter and reside on the territory of the Member States are met, to identify persons who do not or no longer fulfil those conditions, to examine applications for asylum and to determine who is responsible for such examination. Under certain conditions, the designated authorities of the Member States and Europol will also have access to this data for the purposes of preventing, detecting and investigating terrorist offences and other serious criminal offences.

Your personal data may also be transferred to third-countries or international organisations for the purpose of proving the identity of third-country nationals, including for the purpose of their return. However, such disclosure of data only takes place under conditions specified in Article 31 the VIS Regulation. For more information on these conditions and whether they are met in your specific case, please contact the authority responsible for the processing of personal data listed above.

 

Legal sources:

○ Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 concerning the Visa Information System (VIS Regulation)

○ Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation)

Useful Links:

○ Office for Personal Data Protection

Forms:

○ Complaint Concerning Processing of Personal Data in the VIS (DOCX, 23 KB)

○ Request for Information / Correction / Deletion of Personal Data in the VIS (DOCX, 27 KB)