Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Article 64 U.K. Right of access to, of rectification, of completion, of erasure of personal data and of restriction of processing

1. Without prejudice to the right of information in Articles 11 and 12 of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001, applicants whose data are stored in the ETIAS Central System shall be informed, at the time their data are collected, of the procedures for exercising the rights under Articles 13 to 16 of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Articles 15 to 18 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679. They shall also be provided with the contact details of the data protection officer of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency and of the European Data Protection Supervisor at the same time.

2. In order to exercise their rights under Articles 13 to 16 of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Articles 15 to 18 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, any applicant shall have the right to address him or herself to the ETIAS Central Unit or to the ETIAS National Unit responsible for his or her application. The unit that receives the request shall examine and reply to it as soon as possible, and at the latest within 30 days.

Where in response to a request, it is found that the data stored in the ETIAS Central System are factually inaccurate or have been recorded unlawfully, the ETIAS Central Unit or the ETIAS National Unit of the Member State responsible shall rectify or erase those data in the ETIAS Central System without delay.

Where in response to a request pursuant to this paragraph, a travel authorisation is amended by the ETIAS Central Unit or an ETIAS National Unit during its validity period, the ETIAS Central System shall carry out the automated processing laid down in Article 20 to determine whether the amended application file triggers a hit pursuant to Article 20(2) to (5). Where the automated processing does not report any hit, the ETIAS Central System shall issue an amended travel authorisation with the same validity period of the original and notify the applicant. Where the automated processing reports one or several hits, the ETIAS National Unit of the Member State responsible shall assess the security, illegal immigration or high epidemic risk in accordance with Article 26. It shall then decide whether to issue an amended travel authorisation or, where it concludes that the conditions for granting the travel authorisation are no longer met, revoke the travel authorisation.

3. Where the ETIAS Central Unit or the ETIAS National Unit of the Member State responsible for the application does not agree with the claim that data stored in the ETIAS Central System are factually inaccurate or have been recorded unlawfully, the ETIAS Central Unit or the ETIAS National Unit of the Member State responsible shall adopt without delay an administrative decision explaining in writing to the person concerned why it is not prepared to correct or delete data relating to him or her.

4. That decision shall also provide the person concerned with information explaining the possibility to challenge the decision taken in respect of the request referred to in paragraph 2 and, where relevant, information on how to bring an action or a complaint before the competent authorities or courts and any assistance available to the person, including from the competent national supervisory authorities.

5. Any request made pursuant to paragraph 2 shall contain the necessary information to identify the person concerned. That information shall be used exclusively to enable the exercise of the rights referred to in paragraph 2 and shall be erased immediately afterwards.

6. The ETIAS Central Unit or the ETIAS National Unit of the Member State responsible shall keep a record in the form of a written document that a request referred to in paragraph 2 was made and how it was addressed. It shall make that document available to the competent national data protection supervisory authorities without delay, and not later than seven days following the decision to rectify or erase data referred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 2 or following the decision referred to in paragraph 3 respectively.