In accordance with EU and Hungarian laws, each person has the right to:
- access VIS-stored information related to the person and of the Member State which entered them in the VIS
- request that inaccurate or false data is corrected
- request the removal of its unlawfully processed data
- turn to the courts or another competent authority to request the correction or removal of inaccurate data or petition for compensatory damages
You can exercise any of the above mentioned rights in any of the countries using VIS.
The Member State that receives the request shall examine and reply to it as soon as possible, and at the latest within one month of receipt of the request.
The request shall contain the necessary information to identify the person concerned
The request has to be lodged to the authority that carries/carried on the procedure. More information can be found at the https://konzinfo.mfa.gov.hu/en/embassies#hungarian-embassies-abroad webpage. Information can also be requested at the Hungarian Consular Service:
Consular Service
Address: 1027 Budapest, Nagy Imre tér 4.
Telephone: +36 (1) 458-1000 Fax: +36 (1) 201-7323
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The request can also be lodged to the national central visa authority:
National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing
Address: H-1117 Budapest, Budafoki út 60,
Mailing address: 1903 Budapest, Pf. 314.
Telephone: +36 1 463 9100
Fax: +36 1 463 9169
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Where the request is addressed to the Member State responsible which has entered the data in the VIS and where it is found that VIS data are factually inaccurate or have been recorded unlawfully, the Member State responsible shall rectify or erase those data in the VIS without delay and at the latest within one month of receipt of the request. The Member State responsible confirms in writing to the person concerned without delay that it has taken action to rectify or erase data relating to him or her.
Where the request is addressed to a Member State other than the Member State responsible, the authorities of the Member State to which the request was addressed shall contact the authorities of the Member State responsible within a period of seven days and shall inform the person concerned that the request was forwarded, to which Member State and about the further procedure.
Where the Member State responsible does not agree with the claim that data recorded in the VIS are factually inaccurate or have been recorded unlawfully, it shall without delay adopt an administrative decision explaining in writing to the person concerned why it does not intend to rectify or erase data. The person concerned shall be provided with information explaining the possibility to challenge that decision and, where relevant, information on how to bring an action or a complaint before the competent authorities or courts and information on any assistance available to the person, including from the competent supervisory authorities.
Member State may take a decision not to provide information to the person concerned, in whole or in part, in accordance with national or Union law. In such case the person concerned shall be informed in writing, without undue delay, of any refusal or restriction of access and of the reasons for the refusal or restriction (such information. however, may be omitted in justified cases). The person concerned shall be informed of the possibility of lodging a complaint with a supervisory authority or of seeking a judicial remedy.
Any person has the right to bring an action or a complaint before the competent authorities or courts of the Member State which refused the right of access to, rectification, completion or erasure of data. The right to bring such an action or complaint also applies where requests for access to, rectification, completion or erasure were not responded to within the deadlines or were never dealt with by the data controller.
National data protection authorities and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) cooperate to ensure the compliance of the VIS database with data protection rules. In Hungary, this task is performed by the National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information.
Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság
Address: 1055 Budapest Falk Miksa utca 9-11.
Mailing address: 1363 Budapest, Pf.: 9.
Telephone : +36 (1) 391 1400
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