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No, IMY cannot delete your personal data for you. A common misunderstanding is that IMY can delete your personal data regardless of where it is processed. This is not the case. IMY only holds data abo

Yes, in some cases. IMY can request that the search engine delete search results that appear during searches that can be linked to you as a person, for example, your first and last name. This requires

Our website provides information on what you can do if you want to remove information on social media. Targeting on social media (in Swedish) If the post is offensive or harmful, it may be a crime of

The Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY) has decided to impose administrative fines of SEK 37 million on Apoteket AB and SEK 8 million on Apohem AB. This comes after the companies used the so-called Meta Pixel on their websites and transferred sensitive personal data to Meta.

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

It is common that individuals of the general public use video-surveillance on their own property. The so-called "domestic purpose exemption" means that the rules of GDPR do not apply when using video-surveillance in your capacity as a private citizen or in connection to your personal household. Sometimes it is hard to know when the exemption applies. Following you will find a guide on what applies when it comes to video-surveillance and the domestic purpose exemption.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) gives you several rights. Here you can find out more about what they are and how to exercise them.

The Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY) has investigated a personal data breach within the Swedish Customs and notes that the agency has had deficient routines and insufficient technical barriers, which has led to data from criminal investigations being transferred from staff mobile phones to a US cloud service.

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.