Processing of personal data
The Ministry of Justice processes personal data on different occasions such as when a citizen addresses the ministry with questions or expressions of opinion.
The processing of personal data occurs under the authority of the rules in the Data Protection Act and the General Data Protection Regulation.
In certain cases, the personal data may be shared with other authorities, for example another ministry, if the Ministry of Justice finds that an inquiry falls within the remit of another ministry.
Your rights
- Request access to the personal data that are being processed regarding you
- Request to have rectified inaccurate personal data concerning you or to have incomplete personal data completed
- In certain cases request the erasure of personal data concerning you
- In some cases have the processing of your personal data restricted
- In some cases object against the lawful processing of your personal data by the ministry
- Complain to the Danish Data Protection Agency regarding the processing of your personal data
Read further about your rights in the Danish Data Protection Agency’s notes of guidance on the rights of the data subject.
Requests about access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or objection shall be sent to:
Ministry of Justice
Slotsholmsgade 10
1216 København K
E-mail: [email protected]
Complaints to the Danish Data Protection Agency shall be sent to:
Datatilsynet
Carl Jacobsens Vej 35
2500 Valby
E-mail: [email protected]
The Ministry of Justice’s data protection officer
The Ministry of Justice has appointed a data protection officer, who is an expert on the rules regarding processing of personal data. The data protection officer’s task is, inter alia, to secure that the Ministry of Justice complies with the rules regarding lawful and secure processing of personal data.
The data protection officer can elaborate for you the rules regarding data protection. The data protection officer can also guide you about your rights as a data subject in relation the Ministry of Justice’s processing of your personal data and who you should contact if you wish to make us of your rights.
The data protection officer can be contacted via e-mail at [email protected] or by sending a letter to:
Justitsministeriet
Att. Databeskyttelsesrådgiver
Slotsholmsgade 10
1216 Copenhagen