Regulation (EU) 2019/817

means data represented by letters, digits, special characters, spaces and punctuation marks;

means fingerprint data or facial images or both;

means a mathematical representation obtained by feature extraction from biometric data limited to the characteristics necessary to perform identifications and verifications;

means the border guard assigned in accordance with national law to carry out border checks;

means border checks as defined in point (11) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399;

means the common identity repository established by Article 17(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/817;

means the Member State designated authorities as defined in point (26) of Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/2226, point (e) of Article 2(1) of Decision 2008/633/JHA and point (21) Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240;

means the Entry/Exit System established by Regulation (EU) 2017/2226;

means the European search portal established by Article 6(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/817;

means the European Travel Information and Authorisation System established by Regulation (EU) 2018/1240;

means Eurodac established by Regulation (EU) No 603/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

means personal data processed by Europol for the purpose referred to in Article 18(2)(a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2016/794;

means external borders as defined in point (2) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399;

means digital images of the face;

means the data relating to the five fingerprints of the index, middle finger, ring finger, little finger and the thumb from the right hand and, where present, from the left hand;’;

means the process of determining a person's identity through a database search against multiple sets of data (one-to-many check);

means the data referred to in point (a) of Article 16(1) as well as the relevant data referred to in Articles 17(1) and 18(1);’;

means the Interpol Stolen and Lost Travel Document database (SLTD database) and the Interpol Travel Documents Associated with Notices database (TDAWN database);

means the existence of a correspondence as a result of an automated comparison between personal data recorded or being recorded in an information system or database;

means the multiple-identity detector established by Article 25(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/817.

means the competent authority as defined in point (7) of Article 3 of Directive (EU) 2016/680;

means an offence which corresponds or is equivalent to one of the offences referred to in Article 2(2) of Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA, if it is punishable under national law by a custodial sentence or a detention order for a maximum period of at least three years;

means the shared biometric matching service established by Article 12(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/817;

means the Schengen Information System established by Regulations (EU) 2018/1860, (EU) 2018/1861 and (EU) 2018/1862;

means the supervisory authority referred to in Article 51(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and the supervisory authority referred to in Article 41(1) of Directive (EU) 2016/680;

means an offence under national law which corresponds or is equivalent to one of the offences referred to in Directive (EU) 2017/541 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

means a passport or other equivalent document entitling the holder to cross the external borders and to which a visa can be affixed;

means the type, number and country of issuance of the travel document, the date of expiry of the validity of the travel document and the three-letter code of the country issuing the travel document;

means the process of comparing sets of data to establish the validity of a claimed identity (one-to-one check);

means the Visa Information System established by Regulation (EC) No 767/2008;