Processing of personal data on the website
The Swedish Coast Guard processes personal data provided on the authority’s website in various contexts. The processing of personal data is regulated by the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation and other applicable data protection regulations.
The Swedish Coast Guard is the data controller for the data collected by the authority when you use our website. This also applies to personal data published on the website, such as images. The Swedish Coast Guard must therefore ensure that the data is processed in accordance with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable data protection regulations.
Images
The Swedish Coast Guard sometimes publishes images and other personal data on the website to inform about the authority’s operational activities. It can, for example, be images that show events or exercises. Publication takes place under the legal basis of public interest and, in some cases, with the consent of the person concerned.
News subscription
By filling in your details to subscribe to the Swedish Coast Guard’s news bulletins you agree that your e-mail address and the selections you have made are stored digitally.
The legal basis for the processing of your submitted personal data is consent. You can cancel your subscription at any time. When you cancel your subscription, the information that you have provided about yourself will be deleted. The purpose of processing your data is to be able to send you newsletters to the e-mail address you have provided.
The Swedish Coast Guard uses the data only to be able to send you news updates from the website and for no other purpose. If you have any questions about the Swedish Coast Guard’s processing of your personal data, you can contact the Swedish Coast Guard’s Data Protection Officer. If you have any complaints, you are entitled to contact the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY). For contact information for the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection, please refer to their website.