The Danish Data Protection Agency reports the Danish Immigration Service to the police and sets the agency a fine of DKK 150,000.
This is stated by the Danish Data Protection Agency on its website.
The case dates back to the summer of 2020. Here it emerged that a possible logging error in an IT system associated with Udrejsecenter Kærshovedgård could have had consequences for the residents’ rights and freedoms.
In some cases, foreigners had been mistakenly reported to the police for violating their residence and intelligence duties.
In addition, the Danish Immigration Service became aware that there had been some crashes. The crashes had occurred in the system used to record data in cases of breach of residence, reporting and notification obligations.
The board writes that it withdrew relevant reviews. It was ensured that no one else was reported to the police for violating their control obligations for the periods affected by the specific crashes.
The Danish Data Protection Agency has now reviewed the case. According to the supervision, the Agency’s processing of personal data has not been in accordance with the rules on appropriate security.
The Authority has emphasized that the Danish Immigration Service had not introduced procedures for systematically using the information in the incident log, which registers the residents’ movements inside Udrejsecenter Kærshovedgård.
Frederik Siegumfeldt, head of office at the Danish Data Protection Agency, says that the Authority views the case with “great seriousness”. It is about the fundamental right to be able to rely on information that authorities process and provide to the police, it reads.
The Danish Immigration Service also takes the matter seriously. It regrets that the data protection rules have not been complied with in the case.
Source: The Nordic Page