Denmark
AI behavior law: bot and agent disclosure, crawler and training-data rules, automated-agent transactions, and algorithmic decision-making.
Summary
Denmark presents a moderate-risk crawling environment with a well-developed EU-baseline framework and notable domestic case law. Straffeloven 263(2) covers unauthorised access to computer systems; public pages without technical barriers carry no criminal risk. The EU sui generis database right applies through ophavsretsloven. Denmark transposed the DSM Directive effective 7 June 2023 (lov nr. 579 af 1/6/2023), adding sections 11b and 11c to ophavsretsloven — section 11b implements Art. 4 (general TDM with machine-readable opt-out) and section 11c implements Art. 3 (research TDM). The landmark BoligPortal v. ReData litigation (Maritime and Commercial Court Oct. 2025, reversed by Court of Appeal May 2026) clarified that a valid section 11b opt-out must be genuinely machine-interpretable — not merely technically accessible as text. GDPR applies through Datatilsynet; Denmark was a co-signatory to the 2023 international joint statement on data scraping. EU AI Act is binding from August 2025.
Automated-access legality
Carried forward from the crawler-law index. Governs whether automated clients may access public websites in this jurisdiction.
| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Authorization test | security mechanism bypass |
| Public-page carve-out | yes |
| Terms-of-service browsewrap enforceable | notice dependent |
| Terms-of-service clickwrap enforceable | yes |
| Copyright exception model | tdm dual track |
| Text and data mining — commercial status | with optout |
| Text and data mining — opt-out mechanism | robots txt |
| robots.txt legal weight | statutory |
| AI training-specific law | binding |
| Privacy regime | GDPR |
| Trespass to chattels | not recognized |
Last reviewed: 2026-05-23. Confidence: medium. Fast-moving area — verify before relying. Not legal advice.