TAKS is the data controller for the processing of personal data in connection with refunds of dividend tax. Below, you can read more about why and how TAKS processes personal data about you and/or about your personally owned business.
If you have any questions about how TAKS processes your personal data, or if you wish to exercise your rights, you are welcome to contact us:
TAKS processes the personal data that is necessary for carrying out the tasks assigned to us under the official authority vested in TAKS.
In relation to refunds of dividend tax, the purpose of the processing is to assess your application for a refund and to determine whether the legal conditions for refunding dividend tax have been satisfied.
More information about refunds of dividend tax is available under Relevant links.
Where necessary for the performance of our statutory duties, TAKS may also combine and use information about you in connection with, for example, compliance activities, case processing and the development and improvement of IT systems.
You can read more about TAKS’ official tasks and our legal basis for collecting and compiling personal data under Relevant links > Processing of personal data.
TAKS processes personal data that TAKS considers necessary in order to carry out its statutory tasks, and where TAKS has a lawful basis and a legitimate purpose for doing so.
In connection with refunds of dividend tax, TAKS processes the following information about you:
TAKS processes all information that you provide to TAKS in connection with your application.
TAKS’ legal basis for processing personal data about you is section 8(3) and (5) of the Faroese Data Protection Act.
The legal basis for processing your personal identification number (p-tal) is section 16 of the Faroese Data Protection Act.
In certain cases, TAKS discloses information to the following recipients:
TAKS uses data processors to process personal data about you. The data processors process the information on behalf of TAKS and in accordance with our instructions.
TAKS is obliged to retain information about you for as long as this is necessary for TAKS’ supervisory activities and in order to document decisions, should an appeal or court case be initiated.
TAKS is also obliged to preserve all records. This is done in cooperation with the National Archives of the Faroe Islands (Landsskjalasavnið). Records include written material as well as all other types of material, including digital material, that contain information and that have been created or obtained in connection with administrative activities.
TAKS may transfer personal data to third countries in connection with double taxation agreements or other international agreements. The legal basis for such transfer is section 61(2)(1) of the Faroese Data Protection Act.
When TAKS processes personal data about you, you have the right, among other things, to:
In some cases, you also have the right to:
If you wish to exercise your rights, please contact us. See above for our contact details.
If you have general questions about how TAKS processes personal data, you are welcome to contact our data protection officer.
You can do so by sending an email to dpo@taks.fo.
You can also send a letter to:
TAKS
Smyrilsvegur 20
P.O. Box 2151
FO-110 Tórshavn
Please mark the envelope: “Data Protection Officer”.
You may lodge a complaint with the Faroese Data Protection Authority (Dátueftirlitið) if you are dissatisfied with the way in which we process personal data about you.
You can do so by sending an email or a letter to Dátueftirlitið.
The email address of Dátueftirlitið is dat@dat.fo.
The address of Dátueftirlitið is:
Dátueftirlitið
Heiðavegur 25
FO-600 Saltangará
On TAKS’ website, you can read more about how the institution processes personal data. You can find more information here: Processing of personal data