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Prohibition of the use of cheques
Consult any registrations in your name in the List of Cheque Defaulters.
1. Read carefully the List of Cheque Defaulters access conditions and accept them if you agree.
2. After accepting the conditions, click on 'Obtain map'.
3. Log in using your Cartão do Cidadão.
4. At the end, close the secure session and, for your security, delete the PDF file with the information on the List of Cheque Defaulters saved in the temporary internet files folder.
Any clarification request about the List of Cheque Defaulters should be sent to the following email address dpg.lur@bportugal.pt.
1. Entity responsible, legal basis and purpose for the processing of personal data
Banco de Portugal, public-law legal person with its head office at Rua do Comércio 148, 1100-150 Lisbon, processes the personal data it collects from the database of the List of Cheque Defaulters (LCD), in compliance with the legal framework governing unfunded cheques (in Decree-Law No 454/91 of 28 December 1991, as amended by Decree-Law No 316/97 of 19 November 1997, Decree-Law No 323/2001 of 17 December 2001, Decree-Law No 83/2003 of 24 April 2003, and Law No 66/2015 of 6 July 2015) and in accordance with the principles and rules stemming from European and Portuguese legislation on personal data protection, particularly Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016.
Banco de Portugal handles only strictly necessary personal data, appropriate and relevant to the pursuit of the public interest attributed to it by law, within the scope of its powers as a public authority and in compliance with the legal obligation set forth in the legal framework governing unfunded cheques.
2. Personal data storage
Personal data collected by Banco de Portugal are stored for the time strictly necessary to achieve the purposes of the LCD, being, as defined by the Portuguese Data Protection Commission, five years.
3. Addressees of personal data
The personal data collected by Banco de Portugal in the context of the operation of the LCD are communicated to credit institutions that take deposits and supply cheques, and the information recorded in that database may be consulted by credit institutions for the purpose of creditworthiness assessments.
4. Transfer of personal data
The personal data collected by Banco de Portugal in the context of the operation of the LCD may be transferred to the authorities that, under the legal terms, request the remittance of personal data held on the LCD database by Banco de Portugal.
5. Rights of the data subjects
Under the provisions of the legal framework governing unfunded cheques and the Regulation, data subjects or their authorised representative have the right to ask Banco de Portugal for access to and rectification of the personal data relating to them.
Exercising limitation and opposition rights is limited to the pursuit of the public interest by Banco de Portugal, in accordance with the applicable legislation.
6. Contact details for the exercise of rights
To exercise their rights, data subjects may contact Banco de Portugal's Data Protection Officer. To this end they should complete the form available for this purpose and submit it at Banco de Portugal’s premises or send it to one of the following addresses:
Email address: encarregado.protecao.dados@bportugal.pt
Postal address: Gabinete de Proteção de Dados do Banco de Portugal. Rua do Comércio, 148, 1100-150 Lisbon
7. Complaint to the supervisory authority
Data subjects also reserve the right to present a complaint to the Portuguese Data Protection Authority (CNPD), as supervisory authority.
1. Read carefully the List of Cheque Defaulters access conditions and accept them if you agree.
2. After accepting the conditions, click on 'Obtain map'.
3. Log in using your Cartão do Cidadão.
4. At the end, close the secure session and, for your security, delete the PDF file with the information on the List of Cheque Defaulters saved in the temporary internet files folder.
Any clarification request about the List of Cheque Defaulters should be sent to the following email address dpg.lur@bportugal.pt.
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1. Entity responsible, legal basis and purpose for the processing of personal data
Banco de Portugal, public-law legal person with its head office at Rua do Comércio 148, 1100-150 Lisbon, processes the personal data it collects from the database of the List of Cheque Defaulters (LCD), in compliance with the legal framework governing unfunded cheques (in Decree-Law No 454/91 of 28 December 1991, as amended by Decree-Law No 316/97 of 19 November 1997, Decree-Law No 323/2001 of 17 December 2001, Decree-Law No 83/2003 of 24 April 2003, and Law No 66/2015 of 6 July 2015) and in accordance with the principles and rules stemming from European and Portuguese legislation on personal data protection, particularly Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016.
Banco de Portugal handles only strictly necessary personal data, appropriate and relevant to the pursuit of the public interest attributed to it by law, within the scope of its powers as a public authority and in compliance with the legal obligation set forth in the legal framework governing unfunded cheques.
2. Personal data storage
Personal data collected by Banco de Portugal are stored for the time strictly necessary to achieve the purposes of the LCD, being, as defined by the Portuguese Data Protection Commission, five years.
3. Addressees of personal data
The personal data collected by Banco de Portugal in the context of the operation of the LCD are communicated to credit institutions that take deposits and supply cheques, and the information recorded in that database may be consulted by credit institutions for the purpose of creditworthiness assessments.
4. Transfer of personal data
The personal data collected by Banco de Portugal in the context of the operation of the LCD may be transferred to the authorities that, under the legal terms, request the remittance of personal data held on the LCD database by Banco de Portugal.
5. Rights of the data subjects
Under the provisions of the legal framework governing unfunded cheques and the Regulation, data subjects or their authorised representative have the right to ask Banco de Portugal for access to and rectification of the personal data relating to them.
Exercising limitation and opposition rights is limited to the pursuit of the public interest by Banco de Portugal, in accordance with the applicable legislation.
6. Contact details for the exercise of rights
To exercise their rights, data subjects may contact Banco de Portugal's Data Protection Officer. To this end they should complete the form available for this purpose and submit it at Banco de Portugal’s premises or send it to one of the following addresses:
Email address: encarregado.protecao.dados@bportugal.pt
Postal address: Gabinete de Proteção de Dados do Banco de Portugal. Rua do Comércio, 148, 1100-150 Lisbon
7. Complaint to the supervisory authority
Data subjects also reserve the right to present a complaint to the Portuguese Data Protection Authority (CNPD), as supervisory authority.