General Privacy Policy of the Single Website Platform

The webmaster of the Single Website Platform highly values your privacy and data protection. We assume that you have read this Privacy Policy which requests your consent to the processing of your personal data before the provision of such personal data and that you agree to the processing of your data.

Public administration is committed to ensuring openness and transparency, therefore this Privacy Policy describes the methods and purposes for the processing of the personal data transferred by you for processing on the Single Website Platform. Before processing personal data, we evaluate the lawfulness of the data processing activity. We process personal data based on official mandate and legal obligations related thereto.

The Privacy Policy of the Single Website Platform aims to provide general information on the personal data processing activities organised and performed by the State Chancellery in accordance with the principles of personal data processing provided in Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (hereinafter – GDPR).

The personal data controller of the Single Website Platform is the State Chancellery. The personal data processors of the Website Platform are the institutions whose websites are placed on the Single Website Platform, the maintainer of the platform is the State Digital Development Agency (SDDA), the Web host is the Information Centre of the Ministry of the Interior (ICMI), and the technical service provider is the Latvia State Radio and Television Centre (LSRTC).

On the Single Website Platform, your personal data shall be processed for the achievement of the legal interests of State administration institutions, the fulfilment of obligations specified in legal acts, the fulfilment of contractual obligations, the provision of information to the public, and also other abovementioned purposes.

The legal basis for the processing of personal data within the scope of the services managed on the Single Website Platform is provided in the following legal acts:

Employees of the parties involved in the operation of the Single Website Platform will only process personal data for the performance of their official duties or on behalf of or under the instruction of the institutions in compliance with the basic principles of personal data processing and confidentiality requirements set out in the institution’s internal documents.

An employee may not process personal data obtained during the performance of official duties for his or her own or other persons’ personal purposes. When processing personal data within the scope of their official duties, the personal data processors will minimise the risk of personal data coming into possession of unauthorised persons as a result of actions or omissions.

On the Single Website Platform, your personal data is processed in accordance with the confidentiality requirements and by ensuring the security of the data in held by the Single Website Platform. The personal data processors of the Single Website Platform take various security measures to prevent unauthorised access to your data, disclosure of data or other inappropriate use of personal data. Based on the applicable level of security, proper processing and storage of data, and also data integrity is ensured. Proportionate and appropriate physical, technical, and administrative procedures and means to protect the personal data collected and processed on the platform are used accordingly. Security measures are constantly improved in accordance with the applicable security requirements and by complying with the relevant data protection principles, and to the extent necessary for the data processing purposes.

Personal data are protected with means of data encryption, firewall and other data network security breach detection solutions. The personal data processors of the Single Website Platform ensure the confidentiality of data and take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, unlawful processing, disclosure, accidental loss, distribution or destruction in compliance with appropriate data protection principles and to the extent necessary for the data processing purposes. Personal data protection measures are constantly improved and enhanced to prevent a decrease in the level of personal data protection.

Principles for the protection of personal data apply to:

  • the personal data processed in the information technology infrastructure (servers, local computer networks, and application software);

  • the personal data transmitted in the data transmission network, if any;

  • the information systems used for the provision of work which are administered by the institutions whose websites are placed on the Single Website Platform;

  • the electronic documents developed, registered and in circulation containing personal data.

You may withdraw your consent (if such has been requested from you and you have given it) to the collection, processing, and use of your personal data at any time. The personal data controller of the Single Website Platform will assess your claims based on its legal interests. If the personal data are no longer needed for the pre-defined processing purposes, they will be deleted.

The webmaster of the Single Website Platform is responsible for the personal data processing and processes personal data with means that must prevent the misuse, unauthorised disclosure, and alteration of personal data.

In order to improve the communication of State administration institutions, the personal data controller monitors the received personal data. Such data may be used in an aggregated form to draw up review reports that can be disseminated between the State administration institutions of Latvia. Reports are anonymised and do not contain any personal data.

The Single Website Platform contains access data of the registered and public users, usernames, information selection parameters, traffic information, and Internet Protocol (IP) access address information. The Single Website Platform uses cookies to provide information on visitor activity, visited pages, sources, and time spent on the site. This information is collected to improve the ease of use of the website and collect information on the interests of visitors in order to ensure that the best possible service is provided to you. Only the minimum amount of personal data that is necessary to achieve the processing purpose is processed.

Your personal data are stored on the websites only for as long as it is necessary for the purposes for which they were collected. The personal data processors of the Single Website Platform who have access to such data are trained to handle them properly and in accordance with the regulatory data security framework.

Personal data are stored for as long as there is a legal obligation to store personal data. At the end of the data storage period, the data will be securely deleted or depersonalised so that they can no longer be attributed to the data subject.

The personal data stored on the Single Website Platform is considered restricted access information and can only be disclosed to third parties in the cases and in accordance with the procedures, and to the extent specified in legal acts or concluded agreements. When transferring personal data to the contractual partners of the Single Website Platform (independent controllers), additional provisions for the processing of personal data are be included in the agreements.

Websites contain links to other sites which have different terms of use and personal data protection rules.

The cooperation between the institutions involved in the implementation of the Single Website Platform is governed by the adopted legal acts. If you have any questions or complaints regarding the processing and protection of personal data, report them to the State Chancellery by sending an e-mail to pasts@mk.gov.lv, and the State Chancellery will register and assess the information submitted by you, or contact the person appointed by the State Chancellery who is responsible for data processing . The responsible personal data controller is Aldis Apsītis (e-mail address: aldis.apsitis@mk.gov.lv)
Data subjects have the right to submit complaints regarding the use of personal data to the State Data Inspectorate (
www.dvi.gov.lv) if the subject believes that the processing of his or her personal data violates his or her rights and freedoms in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations.

The Single Website Platform uses cookies and warns the website users and visitors thereof.

The Single Website Platform uses cookies to fulfil the obligation specified in Paragraph 23 of the Cabinet Regulation No. 399 of 4 July 2017, Procedures for Accounting, Quality Control and Provision of State Administration Services, as well as in Section 10 of the State Administration Structure Law to obtain traffic and usage statistics in order to improve the ease of use of the Single Website Platform. You are provided with the possibility to read the Cookie Policy and decide whether to give your consent to the collection of statistics, as well as to choose the option to share the content in social media. In the opt-in consent window, you are given the option to opt out of cookies by selecting “Reject”. The exception is the mandatory technical cookie which is enabled by the browser for the duration of the connection session. You can change your cookie preferences in the footer of the website by selecting the link "Changing cookie preferences".

Cookies are small text files which are stored on the memory of your computer or mobile device when visiting a website. During each next visit, the cookies are sent back to the website of origin or to any other website recognising the cookies. The cookies operate as a memory of the particular website, enabling the site to remember your computer or mobile device during next visits, and the cookies can also remember your settings or improve the user experience.

The cookies used can be divided into essential technological cookies without which the provision of the service is technologically impossible or significantly restricted, performance cookies and social media cookies.

By using the website you agree that the performance cookies placed on this website are used for the purpose of improving the quality of services in compliance with the State administration principles specified in Section 10 of the State Administration Structure Law which provide that the State administration must be organised in a way that is easily accessible to an individual and also the fulfilment of the obligation of the State administration to improve the quality of services provided to the public, to simplify and improve procedures for the benefit of natural persons.

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The privacy of individuals is important for the State Police, so all necessary steps are taken to ensure that personal data is safe. The privacy policy is designed to make it easy for individuals to understand exactly how the State Police cares about personal data and inform individuals about their rights in relation to their data.

In order to improve the quality of data processing, the State Police may change the privacy policy by placing it on the same home page. The State Police recommends that individuals visit this section of the home page on a regular basis in order to find out the current information.

 

Privacy Policy

Identity and contact details of the controller: NATIONAL POLICE, TAIL NB. No. .90000099040; Riga, Chiekurkala Line 1 1, k-4, LV-1026, e-mail address: pasts@vp.gov.lv.

Contact details of the data protection specialist: ILONA REITERE, VP official, has been appointed as State Police Data Protection Officer since 18.09.2013.

Contact details of the data protection specialist: Contact with THE NATIONAL POLICE data protection specialist, request to write to the e-mail address: ikb@vp.gov.lv or call the phone: 67829514.

Purpose of processing controller data for which personal data are intended:

1) in order to ensure the conduct of the recruitment contest and to ensure its legal interests, in so far as they are related to the recruitment of personnel;

2) the protection of the lives, health, rights and freedom, property, public and public interests from criminal and other illegal threats;

3) for the performance of tasks performed in the public interest and in exercising the official powers conferred on the controller legally, as well as for the fulfilment of legal duties.

 

For the recording of historical facts, the State Police shall carry out the capture of photos and video during various activities of the State Police, including participation in various events. . Photo and video albums are available on social networking accounts maintained by VP (Youtube, Instagram, Flickr, Facebook).

If you have identified yourself, in one of the photo or video materials, but you do not want your data to continue to be processed, please refer to the VP with an application for data deletion. . In the event of confusion or questions, please contact the public relations department of the VP when writing to the e-mail address: san@vp.gov.lv.

 

Legal basis for processing:

Performance of the tasks performed by the controller in the exercise of the official powers conferred on the controller legally.

 

Recipients of personal data or categories of recipients: the data subject, the controller and the authorised persons thereof, the State and local government authorities, as well as other persons in the cases specified in regulatory enactments.

 

Time limits for storage of data/information:

All processed information shall be stored for as long as it is necessary to realise the intended processing objectives for the specific processes, as well as the time limits for the storage of documents/information specified in regulatory enactments.

 

Rights of the data subject:

1. Require the rectification of their personal data if they are inappropriate, incomplete or incorrect, as well as the limitation of their processing;

2. To receive information whether the State Police processes personal data and, if processed, access them;

3. To receive their personal data, which it has provided and which is processed, in written form or in one of the most frequently used electronic formats;

4. Request an examination regarding the illegal processing of data on the part of employees of the State Police, including possibly unwarranted extraction/dissemination of data from available databases (information systems) of employees of the VP,

accordingly, by submitting a submission/request by the VP which has been made in accordance with the requirements laid down in the legislation.

 

Right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority:

The data subject has the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority - National Data Inspectorate (https://www.dvi.gov.lv/lv/)

 

The national police do not collect any of your personal data on this page, not including the information that you voluntarily transfer (e.g. by sending us an email). Any information that you will provide in this way shall not be available to third parties and shall only be used by the State Police for the purposes for which you provided this information.

Technical details related to visitors to this Web page are recorded for statistical purposes. . On our part, no information is used to identify users of web pages.

The national police will not attempt to identify individual visitors, nor will they associate any technical details with any one person. . State police will never disclose such technical data to third parties while respecting the privacy of Web site visitors.

Basic information on SIS

 

  • The Schengen Information System (SIS) is the most widely used and largest information sharing system for security and border management in Europe. As there are no internal borders between Schengen countries in Europe, SIS compensates for border controls and is the most successful cooperation tool for border, immigration, police, customs and judicial authorities in the EU and the Schengen associated countries. Competent national authorities (including the State Border Guard) are able to enter and consult alerts on people and objects in one common database. 1

  • The country entering the alert and related data in SIS is the “data owner”. This means that only this country is allowed or able to update and delete the alert.

  • In 2013, the second generation SIS (SIS II) was rolled out, with additional functionalities, such as the possibility of adding fingerprints and photographs to alerts. Since March 2023, DNA profiles of persons declared lost or their parents, grandparents or brothers and sisters have been stored in SIS in order to confirm their identity. 2

  • Information Centre of the Ministry of the Interior performs the functions of the system manager in relation to the SIS National Unit. It shall ensure the technical functioning of the NSIS and shall monitor compliance with the technical requirements laid down in the laws and regulations governing the functioning of the SIS.

 

SIS legal framework

 

  • Regulation (EU) 2018/1860 on the use of the Schengen information system for the return of illegally staying third-country nationals;

  • Regulation (EU) 2018/1861 on the establishment, operation and use of the Schengen information system (SIS) in the field of border checks;

  • Regulation (EU) 2018/1862 on the establishment, operation and use of the Schengen information system (SIS) in police cooperation and judicial cooperation in criminal matters.

 

In the Republic of Latvia, the procedures for the maintenance and use of SIS shall be determined by:

  • Law on the Operation of the Schengen Information System (adopted on 14.6.2007)

  • Procedures for the Entering, Correction and Deletion of Alerts in the Schengen Information System, as well as Ensuring Accessibility of Supplementary Information between the SIRENE Latvia Bureau and Procedures for the Exchange of Supplementary Information of Institutions and Authorities (Cabinet Regulation No. 639 of 18.09.2007);

  • Procedures for the Request and Issue of Information Regarding a Data Subject that is Kept in the Schengen Information System and the SIRENE Information System (Cabinet Regulation No. 622 of 11.09.2007).

 

Operational objectives of SIS and purposes of processing of personal data

 

  • ensuring the security of the Schengen area without carrying out checks at internal borders;

  • strengthening public order and Schengen area on national territory;

  • contribute to the fight against terrorism, cross-border crime and illegal migration;

  • serve as a cooperation tool for border, immigration, police, customs and judicial authorities in the EU and Schengen associated countries;

  • searching for criminals, missing persons, third-country nationals who are denied access to Schengen countries, persons who need to know their actual place of residence, persons and objects of operational interest for judicial purposes, as well as identifying offenders on the basis of fingerprints and fingerprints;

  • prevent the abduction or disappearance of persons, including children, to protect vulnerable persons (adults or children) from illegal removals abroad.

 

Data subjects

(persons, covered by alert messages in SIS)

 

  • third-country nationals subject to return decisions;

  • third-country nationals who do not have the right to enter or stay in the Schengen area;

  • persons wanted for arrest;

  • missing persons;

  • vulnerable persons whose travel must not be allowed;

  • children who could be abducted by their parents, relatives or guardians;

  • persons sought to assist in judicial proceedings (e.g. witnesses to criminal proceedings);

  • persons and objects subject to discreet, investigative or special checks:

  • unknown persons wanted (fingerprints and palm marks discovered at the scene of terrorist offences or other serious crimes);

 

Categories of data

 

  • identification of the wanted persons (at least given name and surname; year of birth);

  • photographs of the wanted persons *;

  • fingerprints and/or palm prints of the wanted person *;

  • information on the objects related to the person sought, such as the vehicle used by the person sought;

  • a description or a copy of the identification document of the wanted persons;

  • dactyloscopic data (fingerprints and/or palm marks *) detected at crime scenes;

  • DNA profile of the wanted person or of the members of his family * (only in the case of missing persons to be protected);

  • the European arrest warrant (EAW) (if a person is wanted for arrest);

  • the data on victims of identity theft.

 

Other data entered in SIS alerts:

  • a reference to the decision on which the alert is based;

  • the action to be taken.

 

* Biometric data allows to ascertain the identity and to avoid misidentification.

 

Access to SIS data

 

The authorities specified in Section 14 of the Law on the Operation of the Schengen Information System, including the State Border Guard, shall have access to the information included in the system in accordance with the competence specified in the regulatory enactments regulating the operation of the SIS.

 

Retention period for SIS data

Data recorded in SIS may only be stored in the system for as long as is necessary to achieve the purpose of the alert. Once the purpose of the alert is achieved, the data is deleted immediately.

More details on the storage of SIS data you can find on the website of European Commission:

https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/schengen-borders-and-visa/schengen-information-system/questions-and-answers_en

 

Rights of data subjects in relation to SIS:

  • the right to access personal data stored in SIS;

  • the right to correct inaccurate personal data or have unlawfully stored personal data be erased;

  • the right to bring proceedings before the courts or competent authorities to correct or erase personal data or to obtain compensation for any damages resulting from breaches of data protection law.3

How to enforce rights?

 

The data subject may exercise the right of access and receive information regarding the right to rectification and deletion of data by submitting a written request signed in person or with a secure electronic signature:

  • to the State Police (SIRENE Latvia National Unit4, Riga, Čiekurkalna line 1, 4, telephone + 371 67219053, e-mail: ssp@vp.gov.lv),

  • or according to his or her place of residence in a police unit,

  • or in diplomatic missions of the Republic of Latvia.

Contact details of diplomatic or consular missions of the Republic of Latvia are available at: https://www.mfa.gov.lv/en

 

A written request shall specify:

  • information regarding the submitter: given name (names), surname, date of birth, personal identity number (if any), place of birth, nationality, type, number of the personal identification document (if any), name of the issuing authority, date of issue and term of validity;

  • the amount of information to be requested (information regarding the data subject, information regarding the recipients of personal data of the data subject);

  • type of receipt of information (by visiting the State Police institution or representation in person or sending information to the indicated address);

When submitting an on-site request, the data subject shall prove his or her identity by presenting a personal identification document. If an authorized person submits the request, they present a notarized authorization confirming the right to receive information regarding the data subject or a document confirming the rights of parents, adopters, guardians or trustees.

 

Receiving of information is free of charge. The response time may be a maximum 1 month.

 

Persons may make requests in Latvian and English. Model requests are available on the official website of the State Police: https://www.vp.gov.lv/lv/sengenas-informacijas-sistema

 

If the reply provided by SIRENE Latvia National Unit of the State Police refuses to provide information or refuses to correct or delete data, the data subject has the right to submit a complaint to the national supervisory authority of the Member State. Persons may make applications to the Data State Inspectorate in Latvian and English.

Contact details: Data State Inspectorate,

dvi.gov.lv

Email pasts@dvi.gov.lv

Address: Elijas Street 17, Riga, Latvia, LV-1050

 

Additional information and sample complaints (in Latvian and English languages) are available on the official website of the Data State Inspectorate: https://www.dvi.gov.lv/en/schengen-information-system


 

1 https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/schengen-borders-and-visa/schengen-information-system_en

2 https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/schengen-borders-and-visa/schengen-information-system_en

3 https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/schengen-borders-and-visa/schengen-information-system/access-rights-and-data-protection_en

4SIRENE Latvia National Unit:

  • ensure the exchange of information between the law enforcement authorities of the Member States on persons or objects for which a report is included in the Schengen Information System;

  • ensure the promulgation of wanted criminals in international search systems;

  • ensure the quality and legal soundness of the messages to be included in SIS — compliance with the requirements of the Schengen acquis;

  • co-ordinate the search activities of foreign law enforcement institutions for criminals and missing persons in Latvia.

  • is the only authority in a country empowered to examine applications by natural persons and to respond to the maintenance of the applicant's data in the SIS and SIRENE information system (a data processing system in which additional information is processed and by which warning messages are processed).

 

RIGHTS OF DATA SUBJECTS IN THE VISA INFORMATION SYSTEM (VIS)

 

Basic VIS information

 

  • The Visa information system (VIS) is intended for the exchange of data between Schengen Member States on short-stay visa applications and related decisions. The VIS shall contain information, including biometric data, on third-country nationals applying for a Schengen visa;

  • Visa applications and issued, refused, extended, annulled and revoked visas of the competent authorities of Latvia shall be registered in the national Visa information system (NVIS);

  • Personal data, together with biometric data submitted with the visa application, shall be processed and stored in the central VIS system.

 

Legal framework for VIS

 

  • Council Decision establishing the Visa information system (VIS) 2004/512/EC;

  • Regulation 767/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Visa information system (VIS) and the exchange of data between Member States on short-stay visas (VIS Regulation);

  • Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Community Code on visas (Visa Code).

 

In the Republic of Latvia the procedures for the use of VIS and NVIS shall be determined by Cabinet Regulation No. 676 of 30 August 2011, “Visa Regulations”, which have been issued in accordance with Section 3, Paragraph three, Section 12, Paragraph one, Clause 3, Section 13, paragraphs three and four of the Immigration Law.

 

 

Operational objectives of the VIS and purposes of the processing of personal data

 

  • examine visa applications and related decisions;

  • verify the identity of the visa holder and/or the validity of the visa by carrying out checks at the external borders and within the Member States;

  • verify that the conditions for legal entry into and residence on the territory of the Member States are met and identify persons who do not or no longer fulfil those conditions, including the identification of persons who do not hold or have fraudulent documents (in the fight against illegal immigration);

  • preventing “visa trade”;

  • prevent the use of false documents and attempts to provide false information;

  • protect travelers from identity theft;

  • allows the determination of the Member State responsible for examining an asylum application; facilitates the exchange of data between Schengen States on visa applications;

  • contribute to the prevention, detection and investigation of terrorist threats and other serious criminal offences.

 

Personal data stored in the VIS may be transferred to a third country or international organisation in accordance with Article 31 of the VIS Regulation and to Schengen Member States in accordance with Council Decision (EU) 2017/1908.

Data subjects

 

Persons whose data are processed in the VIS system.

 

Categories of data

 

  • alphanumeric data on the applicant, visas applied for, visas issued, visas refused;

  • visas annulled, revoked or extended;

  • photographs *;

  • fingerprint data *;

  • links to previous visa applications and application files of persons travelling together;

  • information about the inviter.

 

The scope of the information to be included in the NVIS is governed by Article 53 of the Visa Regulations.

 

* The use of biometric data to confirm the identity of the visa holder allows faster, more accurate and more secure checks to be carried out.

 

 

Responsible authorities for data processing

 

  1. Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs (State Visa information system (NVIS) manager):

contact information: pmlp.gov.lv, email: pasts@pmlp.gov.lv

more information on https://www.pmlp.gov.lv/lv/vizas-lugins-and-invitations

 

  1. State Border Guard

Officials of the State Border Guard shall issue single uniform visas and visas with limited territorial validity at the border crossing points specified in Annex 1 to Cabinet Regulation No. 676 of 30 August 2011 “Visa Regulations”. The officials of the State Border Guard shall issue visas with the endorsement “Diplomatic Visa” or “Service Visa” only upon the request of the Consular Department.

contact information: rs.gov.lv, email: pasts@rs.gov.lv

 

Access to VIS data

 

  • Officials of the State Border Guard shall have the right of access to information when it is necessary to verify the identity of a person, to verify that a visa is genuine, or to verify that a person fulfils the requirements for entry and/or stay in one of the Schengen States.

  • Asylum authorities have access to information when they have to determine which EU/EEA country is responsible for examining an asylum application.

  • Other national authorities and Europol may request access to information in specific circumstances for the purposes of the prevention, detection and investigation of terrorist offences and serious criminal offences.

 

Period of storage of VIS data

 

Data shall be stored in the VIS for a maximum period of five years.

This period shall begin:

(a) the date on which the visa expires, if the visa has been issued;

(b) the date on which the new validity of the visa expires, if the visa has been extended;

(c) the date on which the application file was created in the VIS, where the application was withdrawn, closed or terminated;

(d) on the date of the decision of the visa authority, if the visa was refused, annulled or revoked.

 

Data subjects' rights in relation to the VIS:

 

  • the right to be informed of itself and of the Member State which transmitted the data to the VIS;

  • the right to receive information on the recipients of personal data, unless the disclosure of such information is prohibited by law in the field of national security, defence and criminal law;

  • the right to request that his or her personal data be supplemented or corrected, as well as to suspend the processing thereof or destroy them if the personal data are incomplete, obsolete, false, illegally acquired or they are no longer necessary for the purpose of collection;

  • the right to submit a complaint to the state supervisory authority or to file a lawsuit in court.

 

How to enforce rights?

 

The data subject may exercise the rights by addressing the NVIS manager:

Contact details: Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs,

pmlp.gov.lv,

Email: pasts@pmlp.gov.lv

 

Where the data subject considers that his or her personal data are being processed contrary to the applicable law, the data subject shall first have the possibility to lodge a complaint with the data controller:

Contact details: Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs,

pmlp.gov.lv,

Email: pasts@pmlp.gov.lv

 

If the data controller did not provide a satisfactory reply, the data subject shall have the possibility to lodge a complaint with the national supervisory authority of a Member State. Applications may be submitted to the Data State Inspectorate in Latvian and English.

Contact details: Data State Inspectorate,

dvi.gov.lv

Email pasts@dvi.gov.lv

address: Elijas Street 17, Riga, Latvia, LV-1050

 

In accordance with Article 40(1) and (2) of the VIS Regulation, each data subject has the right to bring an action before the competent authorities or courts of the Member State concerned if the data subject considers that the Member State concerned has refused to exercise the right.