Personvernnemnda (Norway)

Personvernnemnda
Name:	Personvernnemnda
Abbreviation :	Personvernnemnda
Jurisdiction:	Norway
Head:	Mari Bø Haugstad
Deputy:	Bjørnar Borvik
Adress:	PO Box 6805 St. Olavs plass 0130 OSLO NORWAY
Webpage:	personvernnemnda.no
Email:	post@pvn.no
Phone:	+47 90 29 92 16
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Procedural Law:	Privacy Act (Personopplysningsloven) (in NOR), Public Administration Act (Forvaltningsloven) (in EN), Freedom of Information Act (Offentleglova) (in EN)
Decision Database:	Important decisions (in NO)
Translated Decisions:	Category:Personvernnemnda (Norway)
Head Count:
Budget:	NOK 2,683,000 (€256,980) (2020)

The Norwegian Privacy Appeals Board (Personvernnemnda) processes and decides on appeals against decisions of the Norwegian Data Protection Authority (Datatilsynet). Parties have to appeal a decision directly with the DPA. If the DPA upholds its decision, the appeal is submitted to Personvernnemnda, who has the authority to overturn decisions issued by Datatilsynet. Personvernnemnda's decisions are final under the administrative procedure, but can be appealed to the courts.

Structure

Personvernnemnda is an independent administrative body subordinate to the Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation.

Procedural Information

Applicable Procedural Law

When the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2016/679 was enacted, it was transposed into national law through the Norwegian Personal Data Act (personopplysningsloven). The Personal Data Act is divided into nine chapters with 34 paragraphs, followed by the GDPR full text. Personvernnemnda is introduced by § 22 of the Personal Data Act.

Appeals

Personvernnemnda's decisions are final under the administrative procedure. However, they can be appealed to the courts.

Practical Information

Known problems

No known problems.

Statistics

Funding

Personvernnemnda is financed within the state budget. It had a budget of NOK 2,683,000 (approx. €256,980) in 2020.

Caseload

Personvernnemnda published the following statistics for 2020's caseload in its annual report:

• Incoming cases: 24
• Decided cases (substantiated): 17
• Datatilsynet's decisions upheld: 8
• Datatilsynet's decisions amended or repealed: 8
• Ratio of decisions changed: 47%
• Case processing time on average (in months): 2,3

Annual Reports

Personvernnemnda's annual reports from 2012 are available on this page.