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Sweden’s privacy protection body reports increased sanctions and supervision in 2023

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Martina Lindberg

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Big rise in sanctions as IMY seeks sharper focus on data protection and privacy.

Over SKr 120m ($11.7m) in sanctions were imposed by Integrationsmyndigheten (IMY) – The Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection – last year, its new annual report shows. That is a big increase from 2022 when ‘only’ Skr 10m ($960,000) was sanctioned.

IMY started also started more supervisory proceedings, 210 in total compared with 121 the year before.

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