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Schengen Information System (SIS): Exercising your rights

Are you (possibly) registered in the Schengen Information System (SIS)? In principle, you have the right to access your data. You also have the right to request the rectification or deletion of your data. On this page you find information on how to exercise those rights.

Requesting access

You have the right to obtain access to your personal data. This means that you can ask if you are registered in the SIS. And if so, which personal data of you are included in the SIS and for what purpose. 

You can request access in any Schengen country. You will then write a letter to the national authority responsible for data in SIS. In the Netherlands, this is the National Police. 

Do you live outside the Schengen area? Please contact the consulate of a Schengen country in the country where you live.

Make a request in the Netherlands

In the Netherlands, please ask for information by sending a letter or e-mail to: 

National Unit National Police
Staff privacy desk
PO Box 100
3970 AC Driebergen
E-mail: jz.le@politie.nl

Please note: 

  • You must send a copy of your ID. You can choose to make your passport photo and your citizen service number (BSN) or personal identification number invisible.
  • Is a (legal) representative submitting the request on your behalf? Then you should also send a written authorisation.

Response to request

Do you make a request for access in the Netherlands? You will receive a reply to your request within 6 weeks. This period may be extended by 4 weeks. You will be notified in writing. 

Are you making a request in another country? Then it depends on the rules of this country when you get an answer. 

Refusal of request 

Your request for access to your data may only be refused if this is necessary, for example, to perform the police task properly, to protect the rights and freedoms of others or because of state security.

Requesting rectification or deletion

Are the data about you not correct in the SIS? Or is your data wrongly in the SIS? You have the right to request the rectification or deletion of your data. 

You can request rectification or deletion in any Schengen country. You will then write a letter to the national authority responsible for data in SIS. In the Netherlands, this is the National Police. 

Do you live outside the Schengen area? Please contact the consulate of a Schengen country in the country where you live. 

Make a request in the Netherlands

In the Netherlands you can request rectification or deletion by writing or e-mailing a letter to: 

National Unit National Police
Staff privacy desk
PO Box 100
3970 AC Driebergen
E-mail: jz.le@politie.nl

Please note: 

  • You must send a copy of your ID, such as your passport or ID card. Your photo and citizen service number (BSN) or personal identification number can be shielded.
  • Is a (legal) representative submitting the request on your behalf? Then you must also send a written authorisation.
  • The National Police Unit will let you know how your request will be handled.

If you do not agree with the decision to your request

Have you requested access to, or correction or deletion of your personal data in the SIS? But are you not satisfied with the decision (answer) to your request? Or have you not received a response? Then you can go to court in any Schengen country. 

You can request access, correction or deletion of your data from the court. You can also claim compensation for the (unjustified) alert of your data in the SIS. 

The time limit within which you can go to court depends on the rules of the country in which you do so.

In the Netherlands, you must do this within 6 weeks after the decision has been sent to you. You can seek advice on this procedure with a lawyer or, in The Netherlands, the Legal Help Desk.

Mediation by DDPA

In the Netherlands, you can also choose to ask the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DDPA) to mediate before you go to court.

To do this, please send a letter to the DDPA within 6 weeks after the decision has been sent to you. Or if the time limit within which you should have received a response has expired. 

In addition, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the DDPA, if you believe that the processing of your personal data in SIS is unlawful.

More information

You can find more information about the exercise of your privacy rights in relation to SIS in A guide for exercising the right to access.

Please note that this guide is currently being updated. 

Question about SIS?

Do you have an individual question about SIS? For example, do you know that someone with the same name as you is registered in SIS and are you wondering what the consequences are?

Please contact the authority responsible for SIS at national level as soon as possible. In the Netherlands you can contact: 

National Unit National Police
Staff privacy desk
PO Box 100
3970 AC Driebergen
E-mail: jz.le@politie.nl