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Norwegian Data Protection Authority
The Norwegian Data Protection Authority supervises compliance with data protection legislation and promotes privacy.
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- Consultation response
Data Protection Authority: proposed crime-prevention information-sharing law greatly widens sharing powers with major privacy implications
- Datatilsynet, the Norwegian data protection authority, says the proposal in NOU 2026:8 makes it much easier to share personal and confidential information than today. This could seriously affect privacy.
- The proposal is a new act. It aims to prevent crime by children and young people, violence and abuse in close relationships, and violent extremism.
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Norwegian DPA fines ad-tech firm Xandr a record NOK 92 million for unlawfully sharing Grindr data
- Norway's data protection authority has fined ad company Xandr NOK 92 million. Xandr was formerly AppNexus and is now owned by Microsoft. It is the largest fine the authority has ever given.
- Xandr shared sensitive information about Norwegian users of the dating app Grindr, including sexual orientation. This was against the law. Thousands of people were affected.
Consumer protectionDigitalisationLGBTQ+ 7 more bullets in the app - News article
Security Month 2026 focuses on digital judgement and launches joint portal sikkert.no
- Security Month is held every October, and this is the 16th time in Norway. The theme is digital judgement. That means stopping, thinking and making a conscious choice online.
- NorSIS runs the activities for the Ministry of Justice and Public Security. NorSIS is part of the National Security Authority (NSM).
CybersecurityDigitalisationPrivacy+ 4 more bullets in the app - News article
Norwegian DPA: You cannot be registered as a religious community member without knowing
- Several people have contacted the Data Protection Authority (Datatilsynet) after learning they were listed as members of a religious community or association without knowing it.
- A religious community cannot list you as a member unless you joined yourself or there is another valid reason.
Consumer protectionFaith and beliefPrivacy+ 4 more bullets in the app - News article
Eva Karin Dahle appointed Communications Director at the Norwegian Data Protection Authority in September 2026
- Eva Karin Dahle becomes Communications Director at Norway's data protection watchdog in September 2026 and joins the top leadership team.
- She previously led communications at the Norwegian Mediation Service, and has earlier experience from the Children's Ombudsman, the Ministry of Finance, and the Tax Administration.
Privacy+ 2 more bullets in the app - Consultation response
Norway's Data Protection Authority demands active consent before biological material from criminal cases is used in research
- Datatilsynet agrees with the goal but rejects the key part of the proposal: people must actively say yes before their biological material from criminal cases can be used in research — being able to opt out is not enough. An opt-out can work for method development and quality checks.
- The proposal treats suspects, the accused, convicted persons, and victims the same way. Datatilsynet says that is wrong, because these groups are in very different situations.
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Irish data protection authority fines Google €403 million for unlawful location tracking in 2018–2020
- Ireland's data regulator has fined Google €403 million — roughly four billion Norwegian kroner — for illegally collecting and keeping users' location data between 2018 and 2020.
- The fine covers three Google features that tracked where users were: one recording activity in Google services, one continuously tracking the phone's location, and one calculating position more precisely than GPS alone.
Consumer protectionEØSPrivacy+ 5 more bullets in the app - News article
Norwegian Data Protection Authority launches report on AI transcription in child welfare services – webinar 15 October
- Datatilsynet, Norway's data protection authority, is hosting a free online event on 15 October (10:00–11:15) to share a new report on using AI to automatically transcribe meetings in child welfare services.
- The report comes from a sandbox project run together with three municipalities – Kongsvinger, Stange, and Ringsaker – to test how such tools can be used without breaking privacy rules.
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Norwegian Data Protection Authority investigates hotel chains over systematic post-booking fraud targeting guests
- Datatilsynet has received many complaints about customers being defrauded after booking hotel rooms — fraudsters are using personal data that has leaked from hotel systems, and the problem spans multiple hotels and chains.
- Three major hotel chains have been selected for review: Thon Gruppen, Strawberry Hotels and Citybox. They must respond in writing by 5 October 2026.
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Norway's Data Protection Authority seeks ideas for new privacy sandbox projects from the public, businesses and government
- The Norwegian Data Protection Authority has available capacity in its regulatory sandbox and invites everyone — individuals, public bodies and businesses — to suggest privacy challenges worth exploring.
- Submissions will guide the Authority in deciding which actors to invite into the sandbox; submitters do not need to want to participate themselves.
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