About us

We are Sweden’s data protection authority. We are responsible for ensuring that companies and public authorities comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We provide guidance to those who process personal data, to make it easier to do the right thing and to promote innovation where rights and efficiency are balanced.

Together with other data protection authorities in the EU, we work to ensure that citizens’ personal data is afforded the same level of protection throughout the Union.

Through our work, we contribute to a safer digital Sweden, where people can trust that their personal data is handled as it should be and where society’s resilience is strong.

We have been Sweden’s data protection authority since 1973. On 1 January 2021, we changed our name to the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection, abbreviated to IMY (we were previously known as the Swedish Data Inspection Board).