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Experts are alarmed by the large-scale theft of personal data from the CPR register. The big question is: How was this allowed to happen?

Expert: Denmark should consider scrapping personal ID numbers altogether

Animation: Mads D'Alterio Djervig

The extensive data leak involving 8.8 million people should prompt serious reflection on the state’s storage of sensitive personal information.

»Now that we’re starting to look into this, we should consider whether to abolish the CPR number entirely«, said Niels Bertelsen, chairman of Prosa, the I.T. professionals’ union.

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