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Filter list Clear all filters Filter list Category Data protection ({{searchFacets.category.dataprotection.count}}) Camera surveillance ({{searchFacets.category.camerasurveilance.count}}) AI ({{searchFacets.category.ai.count}}) Credit information ({{searchFacets.category.creditcheck.count}}) Education and support ({{searchFacets.category.educationandsupport.count}}) Filter Clear all filters Filter list Category Data protection ({{searchFacets.category.dataprotection.count}}) Camera surveillance ({{searchFacets.category.camerasurveilance.count}}) AI ({{searchFacets.category.ai.count}}) Credit information ({{searchFacets.category.creditcheck.count}}) Education and support ({{searchFacets.category.educationandsupport.count}}) Filter Search hits for Target group Date 23 February 2026 Labels Data protection , Brottsbekmpning , AI IMY's priorities for 2026 – AI, children and crime prevention Type of page Press release The Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY) is focusing on three areas in its guidance and supervision during 2026. These areas are crime prevention, children and young people, and AI in the public sector. Date 23 February 2026 Labels Data protection , Brottsbekmpning , AI Date 28 January 2026 Labels Data protection Administrative fine against Sportadmin Type of page Press release 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. Date 28 January 2026 Labels Data protection Date 24 July 2025 Labels AI , Utveckling och innovation , Dataskydd National guidelines for generative AI in public administration are launched Type of page Press release In January 2025, the Swedish Agency for Digital Government (Digg) together with the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY) launched guidelines to encourage the use of generative AI in public administration. The purpose of the guidelines is to enhance the ability to use generative AI in a safe, ethical and efficient way. Date 24 July 2025 Labels AI , Utveckling och innovation , Dataskydd Date 3 July 2025 Labels Data protection , Arbetsliv , Tillsyn Administrative fines against two companies in the SL Group Type of page Press release 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. Date 3 July 2025 Labels Data protection , Arbetsliv , Tillsyn Date 3 July 2025 Labels Data protection , Internet och appar , Tillsyn Administrative fines against Apoteket and Apohem for transferring personal data to Meta Type of page Press release The Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY) has decided to impose administrative fines of SEK 37 million on Apoteket AB and SEK 8 million on Apohem AB. This comes after the companies used the so-called Meta Pixel on their websites and transferred sensitive personal data to Meta. Date 3 July 2025 Labels Data protection , Internet och appar , Tillsyn Date 12 May 2025 Labels Data protection , Tillsyn , Hlso- och sjukvrd , Personuppgiftsincident The Hospital Board has failed in its security measures when handling e-mail Type of page News 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. Date 12 May 2025 Labels Data protection , Tillsyn , Hlso- och sjukvrd , Personuppgiftsincident Date 12 May 2025 Labels Data protection , Tillsyn Administrative fine against the Equality Ombudsman when personal data was collected via a web form Type of page Press release 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. Date 12 May 2025 Labels Data protection , Tillsyn Date 19 October 2023 Labels Data protection , Tillsyn H&M has made it unnecessarily difficult to avoid marketing Type of page Press release The Swedish Agency for Privacy Protection (IMY) has reviewed complaints concerning H&M and finds that the company has failed in its handling of requests from individuals who do not want to receive marketing from the company. Date 19 October 2023 Labels Data protection , Tillsyn Date 5 September 2023 Labels Data protection , Tillsyn Administrative fine of SEK 35 million against Trygg-Hansa Type of page Press release Trygg-Hansa's security flaws have meant that information about 650,000 customers has been accessible to unauthorized persons via the internet. The Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY) is now issuing an administrative fine of SEK 35 million against the company. Date 5 September 2023 Labels Data protection , Tillsyn Date 3 July 2023 Labels Data protection , Tredjelandsverfring , Tillsyn Four companies must stop using Google Analytics Type of page Press release The Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY) has audited how four companies use Google Analytics for web statistics. IMY issues administrative fines against two of the companies. One of the companies has recently stopped using the statistics tool on its own initiative, while IMY orders the other three to also stop using it. 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