Personal data in the context of camera surveillance
Swedish Customs conducts camera surveillance at a number of locations in the country with both fixed and mobile camera solutions. The purpose of the camera surveillance is to prevent and detect criminal activity, to investigate and prosecute offences and to carry out control activities. The offences concerned are the illegal import and export of goods to and from Sweden.
Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR)
Why Swedish Customs processes your data
Camera surveillance involves automatic reading of the registration number of passing vehicles, known as ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition), which is compared with the Swedish Customs database. If there is a hit in the Swedish Customs database, customs officers at the relevant location are notified. No material from the camera surveillance or any other data is saved.
Legal basis and purpose
Swedish Customs has legal support for camera surveillance in accordance with Section 8(2)(1) and (3) and Section 14a of the Camera Surveillance Act (2018:1200) and Chapter 2, Section 1(1) and (2) of Act (2018:1694) on Swedish Customs' processing of personal data in the field of Criminal Data Act.
Information
In places where Swedish Customs conducts camera surveillance, the authority informs about this through clear signage in accordance with Section 15 of the Camera Surveillance Act.
Personal data processing in camera surveillance at airports
Swedish Customs conducts camera surveillance at certain airports in Sweden. Camera surveillance is conducted both through real-time surveillance and by storing material from camera surveillance for fourteen days.
Why Swedish Customs processes your data
The purpose of the camera surveillance is to prevent and detect criminal activity, to investigate and prosecute offences and to carry out control activities. The offences concerned are the illegal import and export of goods to and from Sweden.
Legal basis and purpose
Swedish Customs has legal support for camera surveillance in accordance with Section 9(6)(d) of the Surveillance Act (2018:1200) and Chapter 2, Section 1(1) and (2) of Act (2018:1694) on Swedish Customs' processing of personal data in the field of the Criminal Data Act.
Information
At the airports where Swedish Customs conducts camera surveillance, the authority informs about this through clear signage in accordance with Section 15 of the Camera Surveillance Act.
Further information
- Camera Surveillence Act (2012:1200)
- Act (2018:1694) on Swedish Customs' processing of personal data in the field of the Criminal Data Act
Deletion
Swedish Customs will delete your data and documents no later than six years after the end of the calendar year in which the data or documents were first processed. Deletion is regulated in the Act (2001:185) on the processing of data in the activities of Swedish Customs, Chapter 2, Section 10.