How we handle personal data

This is a short summary of how SverigesForetagsGuide handles personal data. The full text is in our Privacy Policy. We follow the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Swedish Act (2018:218) with supplementary provisions to the GDPR.

Who is responsible?

The website is owned and run by Madloba Info Limited, registration number 2457193, Hong Kong. Contact: [email protected].

What data do we process?

• Account: you sign in only with Google, and we receive your name and email address. We never receive your password.
• Forms: what you write yourself, for example your name, email, business name and message.
• Business listings: public information about businesses, such as name, address, phone and opening hours.
• Reviews: your display name and the text you publish.
• Technical data and cookies: IP address, device, browser and timestamps.

We do not collect card details, ID documents or Swedish personal identity numbers (personnummer).

Who do we share data with?

With providers who help us run the site: hosting in the Netherlands (EU), Google (analytics and ads only with your consent, and Google Workspace for forms), Cloudflare (spam protection) and Madloba Consult LLC for invoices. We do not sell personal data. Some data may be processed outside the EEA, and then we use the EU Standard Contractual Clauses.

How long do we keep data?

• Account: while it is active. After deletion we erase the data within 30 days, unless the law requires otherwise.
• Form requests: 6 months after the request is closed.
• Technical logs and backups: up to 30 days.

Your rights

You have the right to access, rectification, erasure, restriction, data portability and objection, and you can withdraw your consent. Write to [email protected], we reply within 30 days. To delete your account, see How to delete your account and data. If you run a business and want personal data removed from a listing, see Can a business be removed from the catalogue?.

You can also complain to the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten, IMY).

Related

• How to delete your account and data
• What cookies does SverigesForetagsGuide use?
• Can a business be removed from the catalogue?
• Privacy Policy

Sources

• General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679, GDPR (eur-lex.europa.eu)
• Swedish Act (2018:218) with supplementary provisions to the GDPR, in Swedish (riksdagen.se)
• Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection, IMY: Your rights under the GDPR, in Swedish (imy.se)