Állambiztonsági Szolgálatok Történeti Levéltára

Inspection on behalf of citizens

According to the statutory regulations the Historical Archive enables citizens to inspect data made by the former state security organs.

A request for inspection can be handed in on an Archive form or in a traditional or electronic letter or personally at the customer service of the institution.

People observed (those about who the former state security organizations collected data), network people, operative links, or so called third party people are given access to a circle of personal data regulated by 3. § of the Act.

§ 3 of the law regulates the circle of personal data that can be made accessible for the people observed (those about who the former state security organs collected data) about network people, operative links, or so-called third party people.

According to the law the person observed can find out the personal data of the network person, operative link and the professional employee. If identification of the network person can be unambiguously carried out on the basis of the documents in the Archive the data necessary for identifying the network person will be handed over to the person who wants to inspect them.

After the death of the person observed or the third party person his relatives can enforce his rights to inspect; except in cases when the deceased forbade this in writing or it is against the law.

Any person in possession of the written consent of the deceased also has the right to get access to the documents.

If the person the documents are about is still alive, his next of kin can have access to the documents only in possession of his written consent. If the person in question has deceased, his next of kin must prove this by the death certificate.

The first series of copies is free of charge in case of requests on behalf of the citizens, only the postal fees must be settled cash on delivery.

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