Rights and rules
Consumer rights, discrimination, police reports, data and voting
Your rights as a consumer and how to complain, reporting discrimination to DO, reporting a crime, your data rights under GDPR, who can vote in which election, legal aid and the laws that surprise newcomers.
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Who does what
All authorities- Swedish Consumer AgencyKonsumentverket och Hallå konsumentGuards consumer rights and tells you how to complain about a product, a service or a contract.
- Equality OmbudsmanDiskrimineringsombudsmannen (DO)Supervises the Discrimination Act and takes complaints about discrimination.
- Swedish Police AuthorityPolisenTakes crime reports and issues passports, national ID cards, permits and extracts from the criminal record.
- Swedish Authority for Privacy ProtectionIntegritetsskyddsmyndigheten (IMY)Supervises GDPR in Sweden and takes complaints about how your personal data is handled.
- Swedish Election AuthorityValmyndighetenRuns national elections and explains who has the right to vote in which election.
- Regional rent and tenancy tribunalsHyres- och arrendenämndenTribunals that settle disputes on rent, subletting and other tenancy questions.
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