Legal basis for the processing of personal data
- Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 concerning the Visa Information System (VIS) and the exchange of data between Member States on short-stay visas (VIS Regulation) – consolidated text
- Act No. 404/2011 on Residence of Foreigners and Amendment and Supplementation of Certain Acts
Categories of personal data collected in the VIS
- alphanumeric data on the applicant and on visas requested, issued, refused, annulled, revoked or extended
- referred to in points (1) to (4) of Article 9 and Articles 10 to 14 VIS Regulation;
- photograph referred to in point (5) of Article 9 VIS Regulation;
- fingerprint data referred to in point (6) of Article 9 VIS Regulation;
- links to other applications referred to points (3) and (4) of Article 8 VIS Regulation.
Controller of N-VIS
Ministerstvo zahraničných vecí a európskych záležitostí Slovenskej republiky (Ministry of Foreign and European
Affairs of the Slovak Republic, hereinafter referred to as MFA SR)
Hlboká cesta 2
833 36 Bratislava
Slovenská republika
Contact details
+421 2 5978 1111,
+421 90607 2222, info@mzv.sk
Data Protection Officer
ochranaudajov@mzv.sk,
+421 2 5978 2052/2053
Data subject rights in VIS
- The right to be informed by the responsible Member State on the identity and contact details of the data controller in charge of the processing of personal data within that Member State, purpose for which their personal data will be processed within the VIS, the categories of persons to whom the data may be transmitted (recipients), the data retention period. In addition, the data subject shall be informed about the fact that the collection of their personal data under VIS is mandatory for the examination of their application, while Member States shall also inform he/she about the existence of his/her right to access the data, request correction or deletion including the right to receive information on the procedures for exercising those rights
- The right to access the personal data related to them which have been recorded in the VIS.
- The right to correct inaccurate data.
- The right to delete unlawfully stored data.
Samples of these reqests are available on the website www.dataprotection.gov.sk under the Schengen area caption.
Excercise of data subject rights
The data subject may exercise the above mentioned rights with the controller (MFA SR)
- electronically by sending an e-mail to ochranaudajov@mzv.sk, while electronic exercise of rights applies in particular to cases where personal data have been provided electronically and communication with the data subject took place in electronic form;,
- in writing by registered letter to the address of the controller MFA SR as stated above.
Right to lodge a complaint with the Office for Personal Data Protection of the Slovak Republic (Úrad na ochranu osobných údajov Slovenskej republiky, hereinafter referred to as SK DPA):
Data subject shall have the right to bring an action or a complaint before the Office for PDP SK when MFA SR (controller) refuses the right of access to or the right of correction or deletion of data relating to him/her.
Address of the SK DPA
Úrad na ochranu osobných údajov Slovenskej republiky
Hraničná 12
820 07 Bratislava 27
Slovenská republika
In the case of electronically sending copies or scans of documents to the relevant authority (civil card, passport...), please send them in a protected form (e.g. in an encrypted file) and also send the password to the document in a separate electronic message. This helps protect your privacy.
