Your rights and how to contact the Danish National ID Centre
In the event that your personal information is processed by the Danish National ID Centre, you have certain rights. Please contact the Danish National ID Centre for further information.
Disclosure/right to information
In certain cases the Danish National ID Centre must inform you, if your personal information is collected or received. Please, consult the links on your left hand side to be informed under which circumstances you are entitled to a right to disclosure/information. As an example, the Centre collects your e-mail address when you create a login to the website or when you subscribe to the Centre’s newsletters.
Rectification/right to correction
The Danish National ID Centre must process accurate and up-to-date data. You have the right to obtain the rectification of inaccurate data without undue delay. The Danish National ID Centre is only able to correct information within the Centre’s own files and databases. Please contact the Danish National ID Centre, if you wish to exercise your right to correct your personal data.
Right to erasure (Right to be forgotten)
Under specific circumstances you can obtain the erasure of your personal data. However, as a public authority, the Centre is obliged by law to keep record of this processing for a certain time. Please, consult the Data Protection Agency (Datatilsynet) website for further information concerning your rights.
Contact information
Please, contact the Danish National ID Centre, if you wish to exercise your rights under the General Data Protection Regulation. The Danish National ID Centre can be contacted at:
The Danish National ID Centre
Birkeroed Kongevej 2-4
3460 Birkeroed
CVR-Reg. 36977191
Telephone: 6198 3900
E-mail: nidc@nidc.dk
To process your inquiry, it is imperative that the Danish National ID Centre can identify you unambiguously. To this effect, in addition to providing your full name, you may also refer to a case number, enter your full address or enter your social security number.
The Danish National ID Centre has a Data Protection Officer (DPO)
The Danish National ID Centre has a Data Protection Officer (DPO), who is responsible for advising the Centre on rules about processing of personal data. Please contact the Data Protection Officer, if you have any questions about it. You can reach the Data Protection Officer in the following ways:
- E-mail: dpo@hjemst.dk
- Phone: +45 30 65 78 00
- Letter: Att. Data Protection Officer, The Danish Return Agency, Birkeroed Kongevej 2-4, 3460 Birkeroed.
Complaint to the Data Protection Agency
You are entitled to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Agency (Datatilsynet), if you are dissatisfied with the way the Centre process your personal data. The Data Protection Agency’s contact information can be found at www.datatilsynet.dk.
Also see Duty of disclosure in connection with processing of personal data related to requests of access to records, Processing of personal information in connection with newsletter subscription and user login creation or Processing of personal data in relation to authentication of travel- and identity documents and when assessing biometric information.