The Criminal Code contains provisions on professional secrecy providing protection from disclosure of private information.
A patient has a right to confidentiality from health care providers regarding information received or implied during the performance of their profession regarding health conditions, other entirely private conditions, and other confidential information.
As a general rule transmitting information to colleagues and other health care workers is subject to the patients’ consent. However; the forwarding of confidential information to colleagues and other health care workers is allowed without the consent of the patient under certain conditions.
Although not comprehensively regulated in the Danish Constitution the right to privacy is protected in the Criminal Code which demonstrates the importance attached to privacy protection in Danish law. The Act on Processing of Personal Data prohibits the processing of personal data concerning health except for the circumstances and purposes mentioned.
The Act on Processing of Personal Data provides that where a person submits a request to access personal data, the controller shall inform him whether or not data relating to him are being processed.
The Act on Processing of Personal Data provides that the controller shall at the request of the data subject rectify, erase or block data which turn out to be inaccurate or misleading or in any other way processed in violation of law or regulations.
