Law / Denmark

Danish Data Protection Act (Databeskyttelsesloven)

Lov nr. 502 af 23. maj 2018 om supplerende bestemmelser til forordningen om beskyttelse af fysiske personer i forbindelse med behandling af… personoplysninger og om fri udveksling af sadanne oplysninger (databeskyttelsesloven), consolidated as Act No. 289 of 8 March 2024

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In force since 25 May 2018.

A comprehensive regime rule binding public and private bodies.

As of 24 August 2026.

What it requires

Establish a General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Article 6 lawful basis before processing personal data of a person in Denmark, including data collected by crawling.
Conduct a Data Protection Impact Assessment for high risk processing under the Databeskyttelsesloven and GDPR Article 35.

Who checks it

Audit expectation

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Who audits it

Regulator

What this law does

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The Danish Data Protection Act gives the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) domestic effect in Denmark and supplements it with Denmark-specific derogations for matters GDPR leaves to member states, including the digital age of consent, processing of CPR (civil registration) numbers, CCTV, and journalism. Datatilsynet, the Danish Data Protection Agency, enforces it, with the distinctive feature that Denmark cannot itself impose an administrative fine (see the enforcement instrument below).

The Act's specific derogation sections were not independently read against the Act's own text; the sections named in secondary commentary are not restated here as confirmed provisions.

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Read the law

Retsinformation.dk official consolidated text
secondary commentary (Linklaters, activeMind.legal) for national derogation topics not independently confirmed

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