Our mission

• We provide guidance and spread knowledge about data protection rules, both to organisations that process personal data and to those whose data are processed.
• We carry out awareness raising activities and engage in dialogue with organisations in order to explain how the legal framework works in practice.
• We publish guidance, guides and other information material that makes it easier for organisations to follow the data protection rules.
• We work preventively with, for example, prior consultations.
• We run an innovation sand box, where various stakeholders get the opportunity to test their solutions against the legal framework in collaboration with IMY.
• We collaborate with other authorities.
• When new laws and other rules are drafted, we monitor that individuals’ privacy is protected.
• We issue our own regulations with general provisions and publish general advice with recommendations on various matters.

Guidance for organisations (in Swedish)

Guidance on the GDPR in innovation projects

Guidance and supervision priorities 2026 (in Swedish)

• We supervise that the data protection regulation (GDPR) and other data protection rules are complied with.
• We supervise that the provisions in the Criminal Data Act and the Camera Surveillance Act are complied with.
• We monitor that those who carry out credit information activity follows good business practice.
• Our audits may result in administrative fines.

How we work with supervision (in Swedish)

What can supervision lead to? 

Guidance and supervision priorities 2026 (in Swedish)

We issue permission for credit information activity and for processing of personal data about crimes and offences.

Apply for permission to carry out credit information activity

Apply for permission to process personal data about crime (in Swedish)

On our website, you may find a list of companies with permits

Companies with permission to carry out credit information activity (in Swedish)

Companies with permission to process personal data about crime when doing back ground checks (in Swedish) 

We participate actively in the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and contribute to guidance, joint decisions and coordinated supervisory activities. This strengthens the harmonisation of data protection within the EU.

We have had, for a long time, a close collaboration with the data protection authorities in the Nordic countries. We meet once a year and have set up several working groups within the framework of this cooperation.

We have also developed an international cooperation with data protection authorities from many parts of the world. Through international cooperation we can raise the Swedish perspective in European discussions and take part in the exchange of experiences with other countries.

Our international mission (in Swedish)

We handle complaints from individuals who think that their personal data has been wrongly processed. We also receive notifications about data breaches from controllers.

Complain about incorrect processing of your personal data