Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=September 2016}}

{{Infobox government agency

| agency_name = Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection

| nativename = Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten

| logo = Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten logo.png

| formed = 1973

| prime_minister_name =

| minister1_name = Gunnar Strömmer,
{{small|Minister for Justice}}

| chief1_name = Kristina Svahn Starrsjö

| chief1_position = Director General

| parent_department = Ministry of Justice

| website = {{URL|https://www.imy.se/other-lang/in-english/}}

}}

The Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection ({{langx|sv|Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten}}), formerly the Swedish Data Protection Authority ({{langx|sv|Datainspektionen}}), is a Swedish government agency, organized under the Ministry of Justice, tasked to protect the individual's privacy in the information society without unnecessarily preventing or complicating the use of new technology.{{cite web|title=The Swedish Data Protection Authority|url=http://www.datainspektionen.se/in-english/|accessdate=11 July 2016}}{{cite web|title=Datainspektionens regleringsbrev 2013|url=http://www.esv.se/sv/Verktyg--stod/Statsliggaren/Regleringsbrev/?RBID=14572|publisher=The Swedish Government|accessdate=12 June 2014|language=Swedish}} The agency ensure legislation within this area is complied with and as such supervise different registers and carry out inspections of companies, organizations and other government agencies; led by the agency's own IT security specialists and legal advisors. The most important legislation is the [http://www.datainspektionen.se/in-english/legislation/the-personal-data-act/ Personal Data Act of 1998], the [http://www.datainspektionen.se/in-english/legislation/the-debt-recovery-act/ Debt Recovery Act of 1974] and the [http://www.datainspektionen.se/in-english/legislation/The-Credit-Information-Act/ Credit Information Act of 1973]. The agency also has an expert advisory role when the Government prepares new statutory provisions.{{cite web|title=What on earth does the Data Inspection Board do?|url=http://www.datainspektionen.se/Documents/datainspektionen-presentation-eng.pdf|publisher=Swedish Data Inspection Board|accessdate=12 June 2014}}{{cite web|title=About|url=http://www.datainspektionen.se/in-english/about-us/|publisher=Swedish Data Inspection Board|accessdate=12 June 2014}}