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The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) strengthens your rights and helps you take control of how your personal data is used.

Personal data within law enforcement is governed by special laws.

When initiating a new research project, you need to know how personal data may be processed in the research. On this webpage, we’ve collected basic information on requirements and issues when processing personal data in research. Remember that the data controller is always responsible for how and why personal data is processed.

The Patient Data Act supplements the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and contains rules for the processing of personal data in healthcare. The Patient Data Act must be applied by all healthcare providers, both public and private.

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.

What is meant by privacy? What is personal data? We will try to explain these terms.

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.