The Nordic data protection authorities (DPAs) in Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Åland have agreed in this year’s annual meeting to further strengthen cooperation among the Nordic countries – which started in 2022.
The collaboration will include how to investigate and handle the rising number of complaints in a diligent and efficient manor, and other shared challenges such as AI in law enforcement.
The Nordic DAs also decided to investigate the prospect of creating and applying specific guidelines on security and technical implementation across the Nordic countries. They discussed the possibility of starting to collaborate with other authorities to create joint guidelines for compliance with applicable IT-security regulations, standards and practices.
The authorities also agreed to continue their cooperation regarding developing common objective criteria for assessing data breaches, with the aim of a consistent and coherent approach among the countries.
Continue safeguarding children’s data
Last year, the DPAs came to a new agreement to join forces on children’s data protection in gaming, Al, and administrative fines.
“The Nordic data supervisory authorities share the same values and face the same challenges. We will therefore continue the close collaboration and strengthen it in the future as well,” said director Line Coll of the Norwegian Data Protection Authority last year.
In this year’s meeting, they decided to continue their cooperation to strengthen protection of children’s personal data.
They also agreed to:
- set a common baseline for data security;
- share information and experiences on certification and codes of conduct;
- investigate if current guidance material can be further improved;
- share information on compliant communication tools connected to guidance material; and
- set out a network for the DPAs’ communication employees.
This year, the meeting was held in Tórshavn on the Faroe Islands on May 21-22. The participants were:
- Annina Hautala, Deputy Data Protection Ombudsman, Finland
- Cristina Angela Guisano, Director General, Denmark
- Eric Leijonram, Director General, Sweden
- Tobias Judin, Head of Section, Norway
- Lena Nordman, Agency Director, Åland
- Helga Sigríður Þórhallsdóttir, Head of Unit, Iceland
- Tóri Højgaard, Director General, The Faroe Islands
