About the Subject Access Procedure
A natural or legal person may request TET to investigate whether DSIS is processing information about that person in violation of the legislation regarding DSIS.
A natural or legal person resident in Denmark may also request TET to investigate whether DDIS is processing information about that person in violation of the legislation regarding DDIS.
How Your Request Is Investigated
When TET receives a request to investigate whether DSIS and/or DDIS are unlawfully processing information about you, the oversight body will conduct an investigation with DSIS and/or DDIS. It is TET’s task to ensure that neither DDIS nor DSIS unlawfully processes information about natural or legal persons.
TET has access to any information and materials that may be relevant to the investigation.
If TET finds that the intelligence services are processing information about you, in violation of the legislation regarding DSIS and/or DDIS, the Oversight Board will order the intelligence services to delete the relevant information.
When TET has verified that DSIS and/or DDIS are not processing information about you, in violation of the legislation regarding DSIS and/or DDIS, the Oversight Board will inform you. TET will also, on its own initiative, investigate if specific circumstances warrant instructing DSIS and/or DDIS to grant full or partial insight into the information they process about you, or whether they process any information about you at all.
How Your Request Is Answered
TET is only authorised to inform you that no information is being processed about you, in violation of the legislation regarding DSIS and/or DDIS. This means that TET is not authorised to inform you whether no information is being, or has been, processed about you at all. Nor is TET authorised to inform you whether information is being, or has been, processed about you in violation of the legislation regarding DSIS and/or DDIS, or whether information is being, or has been, processed about you in compliance with the legislation regarding DSIS and/or DDIS.
Possibility of Direct Access
In very specific cases, TET can instruct DSIS and/or DDIS to grant you insight into whether an intelligence service is processing information about you, and, if so, what information they are processing.
The decision on whether a request for direct access should be granted will depend, for example, on whether it concerns matters that could cause serious psychological harm to you, if you are not informed whether you are registered or not. Similarly, the assessment will be made in cases where unlawful processing of personal data has caused significant harm, and there are no compelling reasons against granting full or partial access. You can submit documentation that these special circumstances apply if you wish to seek direct insight.
Processing Time
TET will acknowledge receipt of your inquiry within a few days.
TET strives to respond to your inquiry as quickly as possible. Feel free to contact TET at +45 25 50 10 34, if you have any questions. TET’s telephone hours are Monday to Friday between 9:00 AM and 12:00 PM.
You can read more about the average processing time for requests for indirect insight under TET in Numbers.
Request for a New Investigation
Once you have been notified that no unlawful processing of your information has occurred, you are not entitled to a new investigation on the same issue until six months have passed since the latest notification.