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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.

Data protection by design and data protection by default is a requirement for all data controllers, and applies to companies of all sizes. The term privacy by design and by default is also used when talking about data protection by design and by default.

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

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.

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.

An organisation that processes personal data is in certain cases required to designate a data protection officer. The role of the data protection officer is to check that the General Data Protection Regulation is complied with within the organisation by means of, for example, conducting checks and providing information. On this page you can find out more about data protection officers.

All organisations must comply with the applicable data protection legislation when processing personal data, regardless if you are a public authority, a small company or an association.

Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection issues an administrative fine of SEK 200,000 against Gnosjö Municipality for unlawful video surveillance in an LSS housing.

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.