Population Register (Czech Republic)
Type: Civilian Registry
Technical information:
| Full name | Population register |
|---|---|
| Country | Czech Republic |
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| Images | |
| Individuals | 11,000,000 |
| Runs database software | AISEO |
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Developers and Users:
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|---|---|
| Owning institution | MInistry of Interior (Czech Republic) |
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Description[edit | ]
The Population register is owned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and contains 11 million records on the inhabitants of the Czech Republic and persons with long-term visa or long-term residency permits. It runs on a population evidence information software system called AISEO. Facial images that are taken in the process of issuing ID cards (a mandatory document for every Czech citizen and every person above 15 years of age permanently living in the Czech 53/157 Republic) are stored in the Population register. Images (frontal view) are taken by local authorities at several offices around the country in specially fitted image capturing stations or rooms by digital cameras according to the ICAO standard. A public notice 400/2011 Sb., on standards f o r ID documents including facial images f o r ID documents i s available at: www.zakonyprolidi.cz/cs/2011-400. No paper images are accepted for ID card applications. This requirement has been in force for the last 7 years. With it being compulsory for every Czech citizen to have an ID card, at least one digital image per person should be in the database. There are no limits for the number of images that can be stored per person.
Metadata stored in the Population register alongside the facial images are name, date and place of birth, place o f residence, gender, personal identification number, marital status, address, prohibition of stay, day of death etc. No other biometric data (e.g. fingerprints) are taken for issuing ID cards.
Data on a person in the Population register is automatically deleted 15 years after the death of the given person or 15 years after a court has issued a declaration of a death.
Facial images are also taken for other document applications: the issue of passports, driving licences and visas. However, images in passport and visa applications are used only for the issuing of the documents and are not stored. Images in driving licence applications are stored in a relevant database owned by the Ministry of Transport.
Data in all civil databases can be checked against the Population register.
The Law on Police of Czech Republic adopted in 2019, theoretically, permits the use of images in civil databases for FR searches in criminal investigations. Nevertheless, this is not technically possible at the present time.1