About the cookie policy
Our website, sikkerhedsnet.dk, is operated and owned by:
The Danish National Police
Polititorvet 14
1780 Copenhagen V
CVR Number: 17143611 (Police)
This cookie policy aims to describe how the police use cookies on our website and the options you, as a user of the website, have in this regard.
About the use of cookies on the website
Most websites use cookies, and in many cases, cookies are necessary to provide a service on the website or to ensure specific features.
The first time you visit our website, you will be asked whether you consent to our use of different types of cookies. Consent is voluntary, but by accepting one or more types of cookies, you will get the best user experience on the website.
If you do not consent to the use of cookies, only necessary technical cookies will be used during your visit.
A cookie is a small data file placed on your computer, tablet, or smartphone when you use an internet service. A cookie contains information that can later be read by a web server on the domain that issued the cookie, meaning the website will remember you the next time you visit it.
A cookie is a passive file that cannot access information, files, or similar items on your device but only collects information about your interactions on the website. It does not spread computer viruses or other harmful software.
There are two types of cookies: temporary cookies and persistent cookies. Temporary cookies (also called session cookies) are information units that are deleted when you close your internet browser.
Persistent cookies are information units that are stored on your computer, tablet, or smartphone until they are deleted. Persistent cookies automatically delete after a set period but are renewed each time you visit our website. The police use both temporary and persistent cookies.
Additionally, cookies are categorised into first-party and third-party cookies. The police use both of these types of cookies. First-party cookies are placed by us and are not intended to track users but, for example, to measure the number of visitors and remember previously entered names and addresses.
Third-party cookies are placed by service providers we have contracted to help with cookie placement. The police use third-party cookies because these third parties have technologies we wish to use on our website.
Third-party cookies are intended to track and follow users, so that, based on various parameters (such as who you are and what your interests are), a profile of the user can be created. The police use third-party cookies when you click on a YouTube video.
These third-party cookies are not registered under the police's domain but under the third parties' domains. Content from third parties is only visible to users of the website who have consented to the use of cookies on our website.
The Agency for Digital Government also provides the following definitions of commonly used cookie types:
Technical cookie
- Ensures that websites function and users remain logged in. For example, it remembers what a user has placed in their shopping cart on an online store.
- Does not collect information about what users search for online.
- You do not need to inform users about technical cookies or obtain their consent.
Statistics cookie
- Used to optimise the design, usability, and efficiency of a website, for example, by collecting visit statistics.
- Does not collect information about what users search for online.
- You need to inform users about statistics cookies and obtain their consent.
Personalised cookie (tracking cookie)
- Collects our digital footprints and the user's interests. Uses the collected knowledge to personalise content on the website.
- Collects information about what users search for online to display content that may be of interest to the user. Not for marketing.
- You need to inform users about personalised cookies and obtain their consent.
Marketing cookie (tracking cookie)
- Collects our digital footprints and the user's interests. Uses the collected knowledge to display personalised ads for the user when they browse online.
- Collects information about what users search for online to market content that may be of interest to the user.
- You need to inform users about marketing cookies and obtain their consent.
Source: The Agency for Digital Government's Cookie Guidelines (in Danish)
The police use cookies exclusively to offer you specific features and provide a better user experience on the website. If you have consented to third-party cookies, these third parties may collect information about your use of the website for advertising purposes. Third parties may combine this data with other information you have provided them or that they have collected from your use of their services.
We use cookies on our website to improve your user experience and avoid receiving spam emails from bots. Above, you will find an overview of the cookies the police use on this website, and you can also see and change your consent.
You can change or withdraw your consent at any time from the cookie declaration on our website. This can be done above by clicking the "Withdraw your consent" button.
After you have consented to the use of cookies, you can always choose to reject or opt out of placing cookies on your computer, tablet, or smartphone by changing the settings in your internet browser. Where to find these settings depends on the browser you are using.
However, please note that if you reject or opt out of cookies, certain features of the website may not be usable. We will provide alternatives to these in the next section.
Cookies that you have previously accepted can be easily deleted later. If you are using a computer with a newer browser, you can delete your cookies using the shortcut keys: CTRL + SHIFT + Delete.
If the shortcut keys do not work and/or you are using a Mac, you need to first figure out which browser you are using and then click on the relevant link with instructions on how to opt-out of cookies:
Guide on how to delete cookies in Explorer
Guide on how to delete cookies in Google Chrome
Guide on how to delete cookies in Firefox
Guide on how to delete cookies in Safari
If you use multiple internet browsers, you must delete cookies in all your browsers.
If you do not wish to accept third-party cookies, you have the following alternative options to access information or functionality:
The following functions on the website require acceptance of marketing cookies:
- Watching YouTube videos
The police cannot currently offer an alternative video playback function to YouTube. If the content is important for police work and public awareness, such as a wanted person alert, the police will often show still images from the video and send it to the press, who will share it on their platforms.
About the responsibility
The police are responsible for ensuring that cookies used on the website are in compliance with applicable rules. The cookie rules regulate the way in which cookies may be used, and their purpose is to protect the user’s private sphere. The cookie rules can be found (in Danish) in Cookiebekendtgørelsen (Bekendtgørelse nr. 1148 af 9. december 2011).
Some cookies may collect personally identifiable information because the information can be attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person, such as a specific IP address.
To the extent that information collected via a cookie can be considered personal data, the police are also responsible for ensuring that the processing of personal data complies with applicable data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act.
The police are the data controller for the processing of your personal data as a user. For first-party cookies that collect personally identifiable information, the police, as the data controller, are responsible for ensuring that the processing occurs in accordance with data protection laws.
For third-party cookies that collect personally identifiable information, the police are either the sole data controller for the processing or a joint data controller with the service provider of the third-party cookie.
The police are the sole data controller in cases where the police alone determine the purpose and means of processing the personal data. This applies, for example, to third-party cookies or features where the user can use a plug-in or shortcut to proceed to a platform offered by a third party to view specific content, such as a YouTube video.
In other cases, where the purpose and means of processing the personal data are jointly determined by the police and the service provider of a given service, there is joint responsibility.
If you would like to read more about how the police process personal data and your rights in this regard, please refer to our privacy policy.
Our website contains links and shortcuts to other websites and services. This may include social media, where we focus on spreading specific messages, such as informing the public about police activities and various campaigns.
It may also link to other services, such as YouTube. These links and shortcuts do not themselves contain cookies, but your further online behaviour on the respective website and service will, in most cases, involve the placement of cookies.
If the police have their own pages or profiles on these external websites or services, we act as the data controller or a joint data controller with the service provider of the relevant service for the processing of your personal data.
If, in connection with your further behaviour on the external website or service, personal data is processed beyond your activity on the police's pages or profiles with the service provider, the service provider is the independent data controller for this processing.
In these cases, the police are neither fully nor partially responsible, and we encourage you to read the privacy policy of the respective service provider to get an overview of their processing activities.
This cookie policy will be updated and changed as needed. You will always be presented with the most recent version.
Date of the latest update to the cookie policy: 21 November 2025.