The Ministry responsible for Foreign Affairs and the Minister responsible for Immigration are authorised to implement, on the basis of 1° of Article L. 142-1, automated processing of personal data known as “VISABIO”.
The personal data recorded in the automated processing mentioned in Article R. 142-1 are: 1° Digitised images of the photograph and fingerprints of the ten fingers of visa applicants, collected by French consular chancelleries and consulates equipped with the required device; fingerprints of minors under the age of twelve are not collected; the impossibility of collecting fingerprints in whole or in part is mentioned in the processing; the processing does…
The personal data mentioned in 1° of Article R. 142-2 may also be collected, provided that the collection presents a level of protection and guarantees equivalent to those of domestic law:1° By consular chancelleries and consulates of other European Union Member States;2° By service providers approved by the authorities responsible for issuing visas and under the responsibility of the latter, in compliance with the guarantees provided for in Regulation (EC)…
The following shall have access to personal data and information recorded in the automated processing mentioned in article R. 142-1, by virtue of their duties and within the limits of their need to know:1° Agents of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry responsible for immigration involved in the processing of visa applications, individually designated and specially authorised by the minister to whom they report;2° Agents of prefectures, including…
Personal data and information recorded in the processing mentioned in Article R. 142-1 may also be accessed, under the conditions set out in Article L. 222-1 of the Internal Security Code:1° Agents of the national police services and military personnel of the national gendarmerie units responsible for missions to prevent and suppress acts of terrorism, individually designated and specially authorised respectively by the Director General to whom they report;2° Agents…
The following may be recipients of personal data and information recorded in the processing mentioned in article R. 142-1, by virtue of their duties and within the limits of their need to know:1° National police, gendarmerie and customs officers responsible for border control, individually designated and specially authorised by the head of the department to which they report;2° Ministry of the Interior officers, individually designated and specially authorised by the…
The personal data referred to in article R. 142-2 is kept for a period of five years from the date of registration.
The rights of information, access, rectification and limitation may be exercised with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Directorate of French Nationals Abroad and Consular Administration), the Ministry responsible for Immigration (Directorate of Immigration) or the department where the visa application was submitted, under the conditions laid down respectively in Articles 13, 15, 16 and 18 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and by Articles 49 and 50 of…
In accordance with Article 23 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and in order to guarantee the right of residence of legal residents and to combat the illegal entry and residence of foreigners, the right to object, provided for in Article 21 of the same Regulation and Article 56 of Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978, does not apply to this processing.
Every three years, the ministries referred to in Article R. 142-1 shall carry out an evaluation of VISABIO processing resulting in a report sent to the Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés.
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