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.

Test activities with cameras

Swedish Customs conducts test activities with cameras in order to test them under different conditions. These activities are necessary for Swedish Customs to be able to use camera surveillance to prevent and detect criminal activities, investigate and prosecute crimes and carry out control activities.

Why Swedish Customs processes your data

In order for Swedish Customs to be able to use cameras for the purpose of preventing and detecting criminal activity, investigating and prosecuting offences and carrying out control activities, the authority conducts certain test activities.

Test activities with cameras can occur in Luleå on the E4 motorway, road 97 and Porsövägen. During tests, the registration number of passing vehicles is automatically read, known as ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition). No comparisons of licence plate numbers are made with databases or registers and no material or other data is saved after the test has been completed.

Legal basis and purpose

Swedish Customs has a legal basis for the processing of personal data in accordance with Article 6(1)(e) GDPR. The processing takes place as part of the authority's mission.

Information

When Swedish Customs carries out test activities with cameras, the authority informs about this through clear signage at the relevant locations.

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.