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The Swedish Privacy Protection Authority (IMY) has done a supervision of a personal data incident at the Equality Ombudsman (DO). IMY concludes that the DO did not take sufficiently effective security measures and issues an administrative fine of SEK 100,000.

The Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY) has supervised the company Sportadmin following an IT attack in which a large volume of personal data was leaked. The review shows that Sportadmin did not have an appropriate level of security to protect the personal data the company processed. IMY therefore decides to impose an administrative fine of SEK 6 million.

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.

If you think that someone is processing your personal data incorrectly you can file a complaint to the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY) using our e-service.

Have you made an impact assessment and still consider that the processing of personal data poses a high risk to the rights and freedoms of individuals? Then you should request a prior consultation before you start processing.

You can submit a whistleblower report to IMY if you have information that the organisation you currently work for, have previously worked for or have applied to work for, is violating the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or supplementary national legislation like the Data Protection Act.

The following is a brief description of what anyone interested in the use of video-surveillance must consider.

Are you planning to use video-surveillance? Organisations that use video-surveillance need to comply with the rules in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Camera Surveillance Act. The rules are different depending on your organisation and the location being monitored.

Here you can read more about, and notify personal data breaches, according to the Criminal Data Act.

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