On the processing of personal data in Courts

The Data Protection Act does not apply to the processing of personal data that takes place when the courts exercise their judicial powers. The supervisory powers of the Data Protection Authority therefore do not cover such processing by the courts.

This includes, among other things, that the data protection legislation does not apply to the publication of personal data in court judgments on the Internet according to the courts’ so-called information policy and the Data Protection Authority does not have the authority to deal with or rule in matters related to such processing.

Remedy in case of name disclosure in a civil court finding

Each court is responsible for publishing its judgments and rulings on its websites and is therefore the responsible party for publishing the court rulings that it has issued.

A request for the removal of personal data from a court order must be made to the specific court that is responsible for publishing the ruling at hand.