Enforcement measures in connection with controls
Swedish Customs processes personal data to document certain measures that Swedish Customs is legally obliged to document.
Legal basis and purpose
Under the Customs Powers Act (2024:710), Swedish Customs has a legal obligation to document the following measures:
- Rejection or removal (Chapter 6, section 2)
- Use of restraints (Chapter 2, Section 7)
- Strip searches (Chapter 6, section 4 and Chapter 7, section 6)
- Body searches, urine samples and special checks (Chapter 7, section 6)
Furthermore, Swedish Customs is obliged to document body searches carried out pursuant to Chapter 9, section 2 of the Aliens Act (2005:716) and according to internal rule also document the use of a spit hood.
Personal data that is processed within the framework of criminal investigations is also processed pursuant to the Customs Offences Data Act (2018:1694) and the Criminal Data Act (2018:1177).
The personal data may be processed by Swedish Customs for the processing of complaints/claims for damages or statistics/followup relating to the documented measures.
Deletion
Personal data is retained in accordance with the Archives Act (1990:782).