Privacy Policy

The Danish Patient Compensation is responsible for the processing of the personal data we have received about you.

Our contact details are:

Danish Patient Compensation

Kalvebod Brygge 45

DK-1300 Copenhagen K

Telephone: +45 33 12 43 43

Email: pebl@patienterstatningen.dk

The Danish Patient Compensation processes personal data in conjunction with the performance of the tasks we perform.

We process general personal data but also confidential information, e.g. civil reg. no (CPR). In addition we process sensitive personal data such as health data.

The Danish Patient Compensation processes personal data for the following reasons:

• So we can asses whether you are entitled to compensation for personal injury in accordance with the Danish Act on the Right to Complain and Receive Compensation.
• For us to be able to issue an advisory opinion on permanent disability and loss of earning capacity in cases pending in the Board of Compensation.
• So you have access to our Netservice platform in order to follow your case.
• So you can receive our newsletter.
• For us to respond to your enquiries.
• To support research and injury prevention.

We only collect personal information about you in accordance with the relevant legislation aswell as your consent.

This legislation includes the Danish Act on the Right to Complain and Receive Compensation and the Liability for Damages Act. These state that we must obtain the information about you, that is necessary to asses and make a decision on the case. In this regard we may obtain information about you from hospitals, doctors, other healthcare professionals, public authorities and insurance companies, etc.

We only store your personal data for as long as necessary for the purpose we need it for.

The Danish Patient Compensation regularly deploys the appropriate security measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, modification or deletion. We do this by carrying out frequent checks of processes and technology by collaborating with security experts and by deploying the latest security technology.

Our processing of your personal data takes place in accordance with the provisions of the Danish Data Protection Act and the General Data Protection Regulation.

In relation to our processing of your personal data, in accordance with the data protection regulations, you have the following rights:

• You have the right to have access to the information we process about you.
• You have the right to have incorrect or insufficient information about yourself corrected.
• You have the rights to object to the Danish Patient Compensation's lawful processing of your personal data.
• In certain cases you have the right to have information about you deleted before the time of the Danish Patient Compensation's general deletion takes place.
• In certain cases you have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data.

If you wish to exercise your rights, please contact us.

If you have applied for compensation for an injury as a result of treatment or adverse reactions to medicinal products, you have the option of gaining insight into your case in the Patient Compensation Association's Netservice by logging in with your Nem-ID under "Følg din sag" (Follow your case).

Read more about your rights on the Danish Data Protection Agency's website

If you have any questions regarding our processing of your personal data, you are always welcome to contact the Danish Patient Compensation's data protection officer, Peter Jakobsen on:

• Email: dpo@patienterstatningen.dk
• Phone: +45 33 12 43 43

You have the right to file a complaint to the Danish Data Protection Agency if you are unsatisfied with the way we process your data in the Danish Patient Compensation.

You can find the contact details of the Danish Data Protection Agency at www.datatilsynet.dk