1 Fast-track transfers in restructuring As a result of COVID-19, there has been a desire in Denmark to improve the regulatory framework for the restructuring of companies that are viable but experiencing temporary financial difficulties. However, the changes to the restructuring rules also cover companies that have run into financial difficulties for reasons other than […]
IR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Pierre Martin Ellegaard Adolfsen of Gorrissen Federspiel. Pierre has joined IR as our exclusive Insolvency Member in Denmark. I specialise in collections and providing advice on insolvency and restructuring proceedings. This work involves participation in bankruptcy court meetings and the practical […]
Following the UK’s exit from the EU, we are facing the end of the transition period ending on 31 December 2020. If you are based in the UK and do not have a branch or other establishment in any other EU state and are doing business with individuals in the EU, you still need to […]
Following the UK’s exit from the EU, we are facing the end of the transition period ending on 31 December 2020. If you are based in the UK and do not have a branch or other establishment in any other EU state and are doing business with individuals in the EU, you still need to […]
The Swedish DPA, Datainspektionen, has issued a fine of approx EUR 11,400 (SEK 120,000) to Swedish county Örebro (located halfway between Gothenburg and Stockholm) for disclosing sensitive personal data on the county’s website about a patient admitted to a forensic psychiatric clinic. Datainspektionen’s review of the incident showed that sensitive personal data by mistake […]
If you are considering hiring or posting employees to Denmark, you must be familiar with Danish labour market regulations and you must comply with such. Below we shall provide you with a general guide to employment law and labour law in Denmark. Read full article here
The Danish DPA has severely criticised that the Danish National Agency for IT and Learning failed to implement measures appropriate to identify the level of risk of an IT program (“Den Digitale Prøvevagt”) designed to prevent cheating during exams. In March 2019, a final test run of the IT program was made, at which 8,000 […]
The Swedish DPA, Datainspektionen, has initiated an investigation of a housing company following a complaint from a tenant. The tenant claims that the housing company has installed a surveillance camera in a stairway pointing directly at the tenant’s front door. In general, there must be significant reasons why a housing company should set up a […]
Denmark is gradually gaining control over the novel Coronavirus. However, its consequences will have a huge impact on the country’s political economy in the coming years. Here are five issues to follow closely. Support for the Government The popularity of the current Social Democratic government has skyrocketed in recent months, with the Social Democrats now […]
Danish job portal, JobTeam A/S, received a request for access from a data subject upon which the company chose to delete the personal data and then denied the request for access. By doing so, JobTeam A/S prevented the data subject from checking whether the person in question through the Danish DPA and the courts had […]
The Belgian data protection agency, APD, has issued a fine to an unnamed social network in the amount of EUR 50,000 for collecting and using personal data without having a legal basis for doing so. The social network allowed its users to invite contacts (regardless of whether they were already members of the network or […]
BroBizz A/S (Danish business developing and managing the BroBizz® concept, which ensures automatic payment on bridges, ferries and toll roads, and in car parks etc) has become subject to serious criticism from the Danish DPA in three cases where Brobizz A/S in connection with replying to customer inquiries disclosed personal data, including information about location […]