noyb takes Swedish DPA to court for refusing to properly deal with complaints

Data Subject Rights Contrary to EU law, the Swedish Data Protection Authority (IMY) regularly refuses to properly handle complaints from data subjects. Even after a ruling by the Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden, the IMY frequently just forwards a complaint to the company that illegally processes personal data - and then immediately closes the case without investigating. However, the GDPR clearly stipulates that authorities must not only process each and every complaint, but also remedy the situation. noyb is now taking the IMY to court to ensure that it finally complies with its obligations. noyb appeal in case against the IMY (SE)autotranslation of the appeal (EN)IMY is not an “ombudsman”. Sweden is the country that gave the world the word “ombudsman”. The Swedish ombudsmen, however, come with a caveat: it is entirely up to them how they deal with a complaint. If they want to throw your complaint in the bin, they can and they will. But according to EU law, a data protection aut