What information do we gather about you?
In regard to the processing of your case, in many instances it will be necessary to gather information about you. For these kinds of processing, we strive to only gather the information that is necessary in order to process your case.
As part of the Agency of Family Law’s general quality development, we regularly conduct user satisfaction surveys. This means that your contact information (name, address, telephone number, email) could be used to contact you in this regard. It will always be voluntary for you to participate.
Where do we obtain information about you?
We can obtain some information from other public authorities or shared registers. We ask you to disclose other information when you have a case with the Agency of Family Law.
You always have the right to know from where we obtain information about you in connection with the processing of your case in the Agency of Family Law. The individual subject area must disclose this to you in connection with the case processing.
How do we share your personal data?
The employees of the Agency of Family Law have a duty of non-disclosure regarding your circumstances and may not, without justification, pass on or hand over information they have gained knowledge of in connection with their job. The Agency of Family Law only passes on information to the extent we are entitled to or obliged to in accordance with the legislation or when we have been given consent to do so.
In which circumstances do we pass on your personal data outside of the EU/ECC?
As a basis, the Agency of Family Law does not pass on your personal data to a third country, including foreign authorities or international organizations outside of the EU/EEC unless a party to the case has association to the country.
For how long do we keep your personal data?
When we process personal information about you and keep it in connection with our work, we follow the applicable guidelines for how long we may keep your information. The individual field dictates how long the information may be kept.
In some cases we are obliged to keep your information for future use. In these cases, the information is transferred to an archive.
The Agency of Family Law deletes the information when the duty of custody expires and any archiving requirement is met. When the information is archived or deleted, the Agency of Family Law no longer has access to it.
When and how do we use automated decisions?
The Agency of Family Law does not use automated decisions.
