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It is not allowed to routinely monitor employees in order to control how they perform their work tasks. Controlling and monitoring employees (in Swedish)

IMY believes that camera surveillance of neighbours' homes and gardens is not allowed. In principle, there are no legitimate reason for a person to monitor their neighbours' properties, unless the nei

If you believe that a credit reference agency has information about you in its records that is incorrect or misleading, you can contact the agency and ask for a correction.

You can call IMY for guidance on general questions within the scope of our assignment. We cannot give you binding information or answers to questions in individual cases. Neither can we answer whether, for example, a particular personal data processing is lawful or whether a camera surveillance is carried out correctly.

Read about the data subject's rights according to the GDPR.

Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY) has about 160 employees, most of whom are lawyers. Our organisation reflects our areas of operations and the way we work.

Here are all the forms that you, as a representative of an organisation, can use. Read our information carefully before filling in a form.

We work to protect all your personal data, such as information about your health and finances, ensuring it is handled properly and does not fall into the wrong hands. Here you can read more about our mission and how we operate.

Video surveillance is a privacy-sensitive processing of personal data. As a data controller, you have several obligations towards those being monitored. Among other things, you need to ensure that you live up to the rights they have.

A personal data breach is a breach of security leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure of, or access to, personal data transmitted, stored or otherwise processed.