VIZA

Information on the mandatory recording of personal data

VIZA - GUEST INFORMATION CLOSED DATABASE

After September 1, 2021, in accordance with the applicable laws, the personal data of those using accommodation services in Hungary, as specified in the law, will be recorded by the accommodation provider in its accommodation management software via a document reader and forwarded to a storage location, the Guest Information Closed Database (VIZA).

In order to protect the rights, safety and property of the person concerned and others, and to monitor compliance with the provisions on the residence of third-country nationals and persons with the right of free movement and residence, the accommodation provider records the following data of the user in its accommodation management software upon check-in:

• last name and first name;
• birth surname and first name;
• place of birth;
• place of date;
• gender;
• nationality;
• mother's birth surname and first name;
• identification data of an identity card or travel document;
• in the case of a third-country national*, the visa or residence permit number, date and place of entry.

*third-country national: persons under Act II of 2007 on the entry and residence of third-country nationals.

A guest who is over the age of 14 and uses the accommodation service shall present a document suitable for identification to the accommodation service provider for the purpose of recording the data. Data that is not contained in the document does not need to be recorded. If the document is not presented, the accommodation service provider shall refuse to provide the accommodation service. Based on legal regulations, the accommodation service provider is entitled to request the identity document of a guest over the age of 14, and the guest is obliged to present it.
The accommodation may also record data relating to guests under the age of 14 based on a statement by their representative (e.g. parent, guardian).

The accommodation provider processes the data of the users until the last day of the year following the date of receipt of the data for the purposes specified in the law. The police may search the data stored in the VIZA system, using asymmetric encryption, in the storage space specified by law, for the purposes of crime prevention, public order, public security, state border order, the protection of the rights, safety and property of the person concerned and others, and the conduct of the wanted procedure.

APPLICABLE LEGISLATION:
Act CLVI of 2016 on the State Tasks of the Development of Tourist Areas;
Government Decree 235/2019. (X. 15.) on the implementation of the Act on State Tasks for the Development of Tourist Areas;

Government Decree 414/2015. (XII. 23.) on the issuance of identity cards and the uniform rules for taking facial images and signatures.

More information about VIZA data management can be found at the link below: VIZA TÁJÉKOZTATÓ (vizainfo.hu)