Control Measures: Danish Data Regulator Focuses On Duty To Provide Information And Transparency

The Danish Data Protection Agency recently completed five inspections focused on employers' duty to provide sufficient information when using control measures towards employees.

In August 2020, the Danish Data Protection Agency completed five written inspections, all of which focused on the employer's duty to provide information to employees about control measures used towards the employees.

All five inspections gave rise to criticism from the Agency, and in three of the five cases, the Agency expressed serious criticism of the employers' processing of personal data.

The inspections and subsequent criticisms are related to the General Data Protection Regulation, which requires that a data controller must inform data subjects if their personal data is being collected no later than the moment of collection. Data subjects must also be notified of (among other things) the purpose of the data processing, the legal basis for it and,