Are you seeking to exercise data subject rights (deletion, correction, access) to personal data held in the Schengen Information System (SIS)?

The Coordination Supervision Committee (‘CSC’) - which exists within the EDPB - coordinates the supervision of the processing of personal data in the Schengen Information System (‘SIS’). The relevant EU laws are Regulation (EU) No 2018/1862 (in particular Article 71), and Regulation (EU) No. 2018/1861 (in particular Article 57).

For personal data included in the SIS, you have rights of access, rectification, and erasure. These rights include:

  • The right to know if information relating to you is processed in the SIS;
  • The right of access to that data;
  • The right to correction of inaccurate data or deletion relating when that data have been unlawfully stored; and
  • The right to take action with courts, your data protection authority and/or competent authorities, as appropriate, to correct or delete data relating to you or to obtain compensation.

To exercise your rights, please contact your national competent authority, in the Schengen country of your choice. For more information on the national competent authorities and on the data protection authority in each Schengen country, please consult the “Guide for exercising data subjects’ rights”, available on our website. There you can also find model letters to assist you with the exercise of your rights. 

Please note that the EDPB does not have the competence to handle individual complaints or requests. Besides, the EDPB does not have access to the content of these information systems and databases.

More details on how to exercise your rights is available on our website https://www.edpb.europa.eu/our-work-tools/our-documents/csc-data-subject-rights/schengen-information-system-guide-exercising_en.