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Unlawful use of body cams in Stockholm’s public transport
Type of page Press releaseThe Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY) concludes that SL, who operate the public transport in Stockholm, has violated GDPR when equipping ticket inspectors with body cameras that record video and sound. The IMY issues an administrative fine against SL of SEK 16 million.
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Investigation of 1177-incident finalized
Type of page Press releaseThe Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY) has finalized its investigation of an incident where recorded phone calls to the medical consultation service, 1177, were available unprotected on the Internet.
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Police unlawfully used facial recognition app
Type of page NewsThe Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection finds that the Swedish Police Authority has processed personal data in breach of the Swedish Criminal Data Act when using Clearview AI to identify individuals.
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300,000 SEK fine against housing company
Type of page NewsSwedish Authority for Privacy Protection has issued an administrative fine of SEK 300,000 against a housing company for unlawful video surveillance in an apartment building.
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University failed to sufficiently protect sensitive personal data
Type of page NewsUmeå University has processed special categories of personal data concerning sexual life and health through, amongst other, storage in a cloud service, without sufficiently protecting the data. Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection is therefore issuing a fine of SEK 550,000 against the university.
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Deficiencies in how healthcare providers control staff access to patient journal data
Type of page NewsSwedish Authority for Privacy Protection has audited eight health care providers in how they govern and restrict personnel’s access to the main systems for electronic health records. The DPA has discovered insufficiencies that in seven of the eight cases lead to administrative fines of up to SEK 30 million.
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GDPR fine for unlawful video surveillance in an LSS housing
Type of page NewsSwedish Authority for Privacy Protection issues an administrative fine of SEK 200,000 against Gnosjö Municipality for unlawful video surveillance in an LSS housing.
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Serious deficiencies in the Stockholm online School Platform
Type of page NewsSwedish Authority for Privacy Protection has reviewed the so-called School Platform, the IT system used for, among other things, student administration of schools in the City of Stockholm. The review shows an insufficient level of security of such grave nature that the authority issues an administrative fine of four million SEK against the Board of Education in the City of Stockholm.
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Co-operative housing association banned from using video surveillance in entrance and stairwel
Type of page NewsSwedish Authority for Privacy Protection (DPA) has investigated a co-operative housing association’s use of video surveillance on its property. The DPA concludes that the association has gone too far when using video surveillance in the main entrance and the stairwell and when recording audio.
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Wrongful to publish sensitive personal data on Region Örebro County’s website
Type of page NewsSwedish Authority for Privacy Protection’s investigation shows that the Healthcare Committee in Region Örebro County made a mistake when publishing on the region’s website sensitive personal data about a patient admitted to a forensic psychiatric clinic.
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