Data breaches under Swedish law

Notification of data breaches to the Swedish supervisory authorities

The Swedish Data Protection Agency enables personal data breaches to be registered online:

• Data-Breach Notification
  • Template in Swedish: https://www.datainspektionen.se/globalassets/dokument/blankett-2-anmalan-av-personuppgiftsincident–sv.pdf
  • Template in English: https://www.datainspektionen.se/globalassets/dokument/blankett-2-anmalan-av-personuppgiftsincident–eng.pdf
• Cross-Border Data-Breach Notification
  • Template in Swedish: https://www.datainspektionen.se/globalassets/dokument/blankett-3-gransoverskridande–sv.pdf
  • Template in English: https://www.datainspektionen.se/globalassets/dokument/blankett-3-gransoverskridande–eng.pdf

Guidelines of the supervisory authority

A guideline on the notification of personal data breaches can be found (in English) here: https://www.datainspektionen.se/other-lang/in-english/the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/notification-of-personal-data-breaches/