The Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection's (IMY) role is to uphold the protection of personal data, monitoring that they are handled correctly and do not fall into the wrong hands.
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The Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection's (IMY) role is to uphold the protection of personal data, monitoring that they are handled correctly and do not fall into the wrong hands.
News
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Administrative fines against two companies in the SL Group
30 June 2025
The Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY) has fined Aktiebolaget Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL) and Waxholms Ångfartygs AB (WÅAB) for processing personal data relating to sobriety tests conducted by employees in breach fo the GDPR. IMY issues an administrative fine of SEK 75, 000 against each companies.
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The Hospital Board has failed in its security measures when handling e-mail
12 May 2025
The Swedish Data Protection Authority (IMY) criticizes the Hospital Board in Region Uppsala, for not having taken sufficient security measures in connection with the processing of personal data about, among other things, health, in e-mail.
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Administrative fine against the Discrimination Ombudsman when personal data was collected via a web form
12 May 2025
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.