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Swedish 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.

Swedish 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.

Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection imposes a fine of 75 million Swedish kronor (approximately 7 million euro) on Google for failure to comply with the GDPR. Google as a search engine operator has not fulfilled its obligations in respect of the right to request delisting

Swedish 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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The Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection often receives questions and reports concerning areas outside the scope of our operations. Here is a summary of the most common areas with details of the appropriate authority to contact.

Anyone who processes personal data is either a data controller or a data processor. A data controller is any person or entity that determines the purposes and means of the processing. A data processor is any person or entity that processes personal data on behalf of a data controller.

In addition to the regulations concerning secrecy and duty of confidentiality in health and medical care that follow from the Public Access to Information and Secrecy Act (2009:400) and the Patient Sa