BONNIER PUBLICATIONS A/S 18. januar 2025
Strandboulevarden 130
2100 København Ø J.nr. 2024-7321-0715
Dok.nr. 655415
Sagsbehandler
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Final decision pursuant to article 60 (7) Datatilsynet
Carl Jacobsens Vej 35
The Danish Data Protection Agency hereby returns to the case, where (herein- 2500 Valby
T 3319 3200
after “complainant) on 16 May 2021 contacted the Finnish Data Protection Agency, The Office
[email protected]
of the Data Protection Ombudsman (hereinafter “the Finnish DPA”), with a complaint against datatilsynet.dk
Bonnier Publications A/S (hereinafter Bonnier).
CVR 11883729
It was subsequently assessed that the case contained cross-border elements and the Danish
Data Protection Agency was appointed as lead supervisory authority in October 2022.
The Danish Data Protection Agency understood the complainant’s inquiry to mean that Bon-
nier has not responded adequately to the complainants request for access.
1. Decision
On 22nd of October 2024, the Finnish Data Protection Agency, The Office of the Data Protec-
tion Ombudsman, informed the Danish DPA that the complainant expressed the wish to with-
draw the complaint. In light of this, the Danish DPA finds no reason to investigate the case
further.
2. Facts of the case
According to the case file, on 13 December 2020, the complainant wished, among other things,
to have access to information about the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the
complainant’s personal data were or would be disclosed.
On 18 December 2020, Bonnier informed the complainant that it would take longer to respond
to the complainant’s access request due to the fact that Bonnier had received many requests
following the update of Bonnier’s privacy policy.
On 8 March 2021, the complainant again contacted Bonnier, who informed the complainant
on 12 March 2021 that the access request had been answered in December 2020. On the
same day, the complainant informed Bonnier that she had not received Bonnier’s reply, which
was also not included in the complainant’s junk folder.
On 16 March 2021, Bonnier informed the complainant that the request had been forwarded to
Bonnier’s Data Protection Officer.
On 16 May 2021, the complainant contacted the Finnish Data Protection Agency, which con- Side 2 af 2
tacted Bonnier in April 2022 to clarify whether your access request had been answered. In this
context, Bonnier resubmitted on 7 April 2022 its reply to the access request, which was initially
sent to the complainant on 27 April 2021. On the same day, the complainant informed the
Finnish Data Protection Agency that the complainant had received Bonnier’s reply to the ac-
cess request in an encrypted format that the complainant could not access. In addition, the
complainant indicated that the email was written in English and the complainant considered
having the right to receive a reply in Finnish.
On 12 March 2024, the DPA sent a hearing to Bonnier, to which Bonnier replied on 13 March
2024.
On 29 July 2024, the complainant submitted comments on Bonnier’s opinion of 13 March 2024.
On 22 October 2024, the Finnish Data Protection Agency, The Office of the Data Protection
Ombudsman, informed the Danish DPA that the complainant wants to withdraw the complaint.
3. The Danish DPA’s assessment
The Finnish DPA has informed the Danish DPA that the complainant expressed a wish to
withdraw the complaint. In light of this, the Danish DPA finds no reason to investigate the case
further.
Considering the above, the Danish DPA has decided not to take further action in the case.
Kind regards,