Checked on September 27, 2026
GDPR in Denmark
How the GDPR works in Denmark: the supervisory authority, the national law that supplements the regulation, and where to notify a breach.
- Supervisory authority
- Danish Data Protection Agency (Datatilsynet)
- National law supplementing the GDPR
- Data Protection Act · Databeskyttelsesloven (lov om supplerende bestemmelser til forordning om beskyttelse af fysiske personer i forbindelse med behandling af personoplysninger) · Act No. 502 of 23 May 2018
- Age of digital consent
- 13
- Breach notification
- www.datatilsynet.dk/sikkerhedsbrud/anmeld-sikkerhedsbrud
- National specifics
- Breaches are reported via virk.dk; the report is forwarded automatically to Datatilsynet.
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Sources
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