Introduction to the Danish Data Protection Agency
The Act on Processing of Personal Data (Act No. 429 of 31 May 2000) entered into force on 1 July 2000.
The act implements Directive 95/46/EC on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data.
Since the Act on Processing of Personal Data entered into force in 2000, the Act has been amended several times - most recently on July 1st 2007.
The act substitutes The Public Authorities' Registers Act and The Private Registers Act.
Read the English version of the Act on Processing of Personal Data.
Please notice that the English version of the act is translated for the Danish Data Protection Agency. The official version is published in "Lovtidende" (Official Journal) on 2 June 2000. Only the Danish version of the text has legal validity.
The Danish Data Protection Agency
The Danish Data Protection Agency exercises surveillance over processing of data to which the act applies.
Inquiries
The Agency mainly deals with specific cases on the basis of inquiries from public authorities or private individuals, or cases taken up by the Agency on its own initiative.
Persons domiciled abroad may also obtain assistance from The Danish Data Protection Agency (requests should preferably be made in Danish or English).
Contact the Danish Data Protection Agency.
Further information about contacting the Agency (in Danish).
Subscription
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Subscribe - Please notice that the entry form and the updates are in Danish.