IMY (Sweden)

Datainspektionen
Name:	Datainspektionen
Abbreviation :	Datainspektionen
Jurisdiction:	Sweden
Head:	Lena Lindgren Schelin
Deputy:	n/a
Adress:	Drottninggatan 29 Box 8114 104 20 Stockholm SWEDEN
Webpage:	datainspektionen.se
Email:	datainspektionen@datainspektionen.se
Phone:	+46 8 657 6100
Twitter:	@Datainspektion
Youtube:	Datainspektionen
Procedural Law:	n/a
Decision Database:	n/a
Translated Decisions:	Category:Datainspektionen (Sweden)
Head Count:	95
Budget:	n/a

The Swedish Data Protection Authority (Datainspektionen) is the national Data Protection Authority for Sweden. It resides in Stockholm and is in charge of enforcing GDPR in Sweden.

Structure

Datainspektionen is an independent administrative body. The organization is structured into different departments, such as Government, Care and Education; Business and Employment; Judiciary, Military and Camera Surveillance.

Datainspektionen also have the responsibility for the Debt Recovery Act and the Credit Information Act.

Procedural Information

Applicable Procedural Law

The Administrative Procedure Act (Förvaltningslag 2017:900 (in SE)) regulates the complainants rights under Datainspektionen's handling of complaints.

Section 6 requires that the authority provide its assistance without undue delay ("utan onödigt dröjsmål").

Complaints Procedure under Art 77 GDPR

Datainspektionen urges complainants who have an issue with a controller to contact the controller before lodging a complaint. They include a formula than can be used on their site (in SE).

Ex Officio Procedures under Art 57 GDPR

Datainspektionen can run ex officio procedures out of its own motion. They provide an overview of their policy to ex officio supervision on their webpage. In addition they provide an overview over which sectors and issues will be prioritized. For 2019-2020 this overview can be found here (in SE).

Appeals

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Practical Information

Filing with the DPA

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Known Problems

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Filing an Appeal

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Decision Database

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Statistics

Funding

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Personal

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Caseload

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Fines

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Annual Reports

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Change of name

Datainspektionen will change its name on the 1 jan 2021 to Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten. The reason for the change of name is to signal the changes going on at the authority since the introduction of the GDPR.