Guest information about mandatory recording of personal data

Dear Guests,

We hereby inform you that according to the current local Hungarian legislation *, the personal data of all guests using accommodation services in Hungary after the 1st of September 2021, as defined by law, must be recorded in the accommodation service provider's software upon arrival, then forward through a document reader so it can be stored at the Guest Information Closed Database (as per Hungarian ‘VIZA’).

Data to be recorded:

• family and first name;
• birth surname and first name;
• place of birth;
• Date of birth;
• gender of guest;
• citizenship;
• mother's birth surname and first name (if included in the identification document);
• identity or travel document identification data;
• in the case of a third-country national **, the number of the visa or residence permit, the date and place of entry.

In order to record the data, the guest using the accommodation service must present his / her identification card, driver's license or travel document to the accommodation provider. In the absence of presentation of the documents, the accommodation provider shall refuse the accommodation service. Based on the authorization of the legislation, the accommodation provider is entitled to request the guest's identity documents, and the guest is obliged to present it.

Please plan your trip and arrival with the above in mind!

Thank you for your kind cooperation!

*APPLICABLE HUNGARIAN LEGISLATION:

• CLVI of 2016 on the state tasks of the development of tourist areas. law;
• Decree 235/2019 on the implementation of the Act on State Tasks for the Development of Tourist Areas. (X. 15.) Government Decree;
• Decree No. 414/2015 on the issuance of an identity card and on the rules for uniform portraiture and signatures. (XII. 23.) Government Decree.

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