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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-767/article-37",
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  "legislation": "eur/2008/767",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 concerning the Visa Information System (VIS) and the exchange of data between Member States on short-stay visas (VIS Regulation)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-767",
  "path": "article/37",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "37",
  "heading": "Right of information",
  "text": "1. Applicants and the persons referred to in point (4)(f) of Article 9 shall be informed of the following by the Member State responsible:\n(a) the identity of the controller referred to in Article 41(4), including his contact details;\n(b) the purposes for which the data will be processed within the VIS;\n(c) the categories of recipients of the data, including the authorities referred to in Article 3;\n(d) the data retention period;\n(e) that the collection of the data is mandatory for the examination of the application;\n(f) the existence of the right of access to data relating to them, and the right to request that inaccurate data relating to them be corrected or that unlawfully processed data relating to them be deleted, including the right to receive information on the procedures for exercising those rights and the contact details of the National Supervisory Authorities referred to in Article 41(1), which shall hear claims concerning the protection of personal data.\n2. The information referred to in paragraph 1 shall be provided in writing to the applicant when the data from the application form, the photograph and the fingerprint data as referred to in points (4), (5) and (6) of Article 9 are collected.\n3. The information referred to in paragraph 1 shall be provided to the persons referred to in point (4)(f) of Article 9 on the forms to be signed by those persons providing proof of invitation, sponsorship and accommodation.\nIn the absence of such a form signed by those persons, this information shall be provided in accordance with Article 11 of Directive 95/46/EC.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "Substituted by Corrigendum to Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 concerning the Visa Information System (VIS) and the exchange of data between Member States on short-stay visas (VIS Regulation) (Official Journal of the European Union L 218 of 13 August 2008)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/767/article/37",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}