Declaration of accessibility

The Office for Personal Data Protection is interested in ensuring the accessibility of its website in accordance with Act No. 95/2019 Coll. on Information Technology in Public Administration and on Amendments and Supplements to Certain Acts (hereinafter referred to as the "ITVS Act") and the relevant implementing regulations within the scope of the conditions under Directive 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2016 on the accessibility of websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies (hereinafter referred to as "Directive 2016/2102").

This accessibility statement applies to the website dataprotection.gov.sk

Compliance status

This website is in partial compliance with the ITVS Act and the relevant implementing regulations to the extent of the conditions under Directive 2016/2102 with respect to the elements of non-compliance listed below.

Inaccessible content

The content listed below is not accessible for the following reasons:

  1. Non-compliance with Directive (EU) 2016/2012 on the accessibility of websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies:
    • Information about the downloadable document is provided only by the use of graphics and CSS. [Success Criterion 1.1.1 Non-textual content]
    • The main page uses an identical headline repeatedly. [Benchmark 1.3.1 Information and interrelationships]
    • Within the graphic version, color is used as the only visual means to provide information about hyperlinks. [Benchmark 1.4.1 Use of colour]
    • There is no mechanism to skip blocks of content (such as menus) that are repeated across multiple web pages. [Benchmark 2.4.1 Skipping blocks]
    • Links are not accompanied by file format information. The user is not informed that the hyperlink leads to a file of a different format (e.g. RTF, DOCX, XLS, PDF, ZIP, etc.). [Success Criterion 2.4.4 Purpose of the link (in context)]
  2. Non-compliance with Slovak generally binding legislation regulating accessibility standards for websites and mobile applications:
    • Within the css stylesheet, px occurs when specifying the font size. [Rule point 2.2 of Annex 1 to Decree No. 55/2014 Coll. on standards for public administration information systems (hereinafter referred to as "ISVS standard")]
    • The textual description of the link is not accompanied by a warning that the link opens a new window. [Rule 4.1 of Annex 1 to the Decree on standards for ISVS]

Drafting of this accessibility statement

This declaration was drawn up on 20.01.2020.

An assessment of the compliance of the website with the requirements of the ITVS Act and the relevant implementing regulations within the scope of the conditions under Directive (EU) 2016/2012 has been carried out by self-assessment.

The declaration was last checked on 09.01.2022.

Feedback and contact information

If you have any problems with the accessibility of the website, please contact us at webmaster@pdp.gov.sk. The administrator and operator of the website is the Office for Personal Data Protection of the Slovak Republic.

Enforcement proceedings

In the event of unsatisfactory responses to suggestions or requests sent as part of the feedback to a public sector body in accordance with Article 7(1)(b) of the Directive of the European Parliament you may contact the enforcement body responsible for enforcing the Directive, which is the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic for Investment and Informatisation at the following email address: standard@vicepremier.gov.sk