General terms and conditions
Informing the guest about the mandatory recording of personal data
Dear Guest
We hereby inform you that according to the legislation in force*, after 1 September 2021, all guests using accommodation services in Hungary will be required by law to have their personal data recorded by the accommodation provider on arrival, via a document scanner, in the accommodation management software and then transferred to a storage facility, the Closed Guest Information Database (VIZA).
The data to be recorded are:
- Surname and first name;
- Name and surname at birth;
- Place of birth;
- Date of birth;
- guest's gender;
- nationality;
- mother's maiden name and surname (if included in the identification document);
- identity card or travel document identification data;
- for third-country nationals**, visa or residence permit number, date and place of entry.
To record the data, the guest using the accommodation service shall present to the accommodation provider his/her identity card, driving licence or travel document which can be used for identification purposes. Failing such presentation, the accommodation provider shall refuse to provide the accommodation. The accommodation provider is authorised by law to request the guest's identity document and the guest is obliged to present it.
Please plan your travel and arrival accordingly.
Thank you for your kind cooperation.
* APPLICABLE LEGISLATION:
- Act CLVI of 2016 on State Tasks for the Development of Tourist Areas;
- Government Decree No 235/2019 (X. 15.) on the implementation of the Act on the State Tasks of the Development of Tourist Areas;
- Government Decree No. 414/2015 (XII. 23.) on the issuance of identity cards and the rules for the uniform taking of facial images and signatures.
**Third country national: persons as defined in Act II of 2007 on the Entry and Residence of Third Country Nationals