Orders from A.Veryga for cafes and entertainment providers: register the customer’s first name, last name, phone number, after 21 days – destroy

This data should be stored for 21 days and then immediately destroyed. If necessary, these data should be sent to the National Center for Public Health within two business days.

This obligation will apply as of October 26. it comes into force not only for catering establishments, but also for providers of leisure and entertainment services. Catering establishments offering take-out or food delivery services will not be required to collect data.

Paulius Mockevičius, a lawyer for Sorainen, says that catering and entertainment companies will legally become data controllers and will be subject to the data protection provisions of the BDAR.

“Up to 4% of companies are at risk of default. Annual turnover or up to 20 million. The expert said in a comment to the media.

According to P. Mockevičius, institutions that intend to register visitors must take appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect the data collected.

“To this end, it is important to establish and document the visitor registration and related data processing procedures in advance, designate the personnel responsible for collecting, storing and destroying visitor data, to ensure that unauthorized personnel or passers-by do not have access to visitor data. ” Mockevičius.