Privacy declaration

Innovation Norway’s objective is to be the state’s and the county authorities’ instrument to enhance value-generative business development in Norway. Read more about our activities.

Innovation Norway is responsible for processing the personal data the company processes.

Our contact details

• Visiting address: Innovation Norway, Akersgata 13, 0158 Oslo, Norway
• Postal address: Innovasjon Norge, P.O. Box 448 Sentrum, 0104 Oslo, Norway
• Telephone number: + 47 22 00 25 00
• Organisation number: 986 399 445 (registered with the Norwegian Register for Business Enterprises)
• Contact us

Personal information is information about an identified or identifiable natural person. For an overview of the categories of personal data processed by Innovation Norway and other important information about our processing of personal data, please read the information below.

Innovation Norway processes personal data for twelve different purposes.

For an overview over:

• processing purposes;
• data subjects;
• personal data processed and legal basis;
• disclosure of personal data; and
• transfer of personal data to third countries;

you can download this document processing-of-personal-data-150918.xlsx (Excel document with certain explanatory comments)

You have the right to:

• receive information;
• demand access;
• demand rectification;
• demand erasure;
• demand restriction;
• data portability;
• complaint to a supervisory authority; and
• object;

as set out in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) chapter III.

Innovation Norway uses social media to provide information on our activities. If you follow us on social media, the relevant platform will be responsible for the processing of your personal data. See further information about this at the relevant platform provider.

When you use the services, Innovation Norway also collects information about, among other things, which pages you have visited, interaction with any emails you have received and registrations for our events. We are responsible for this processing, and the purpose of the processing is to offer relevant services that are adapted to your person, your user habits and interests. At the same time, we further develop the services for the benefit of our users.

Cookies are files that contain small amounts of data stored on your pc, mobile or other device. Cookies allow websites to, for example, remember actions or preferences over time.

We use cookies and other identifiers in combination with personal data to provide a better experience of our services, verify your identity and easily give you access to useful information. In marketing and other communications, we may use profiles to communicate what we believe is most relevant to you, both on this site and with our partners. We share information about your use of the website with social media, advertising and analytics partners.

Websites controlled by Innovation Norway contain information about our use of cookies. We encourage you to read this information.

Innovation Norway is subject to the Norwegian Archives Act and the Freedom of Information Act. Thus, we are legally obligated to:

• store documentation/information (including personal data) in compliance with the Archives Act for a longer period than is necessary for the purposes for which the personal data were processed; and
• provide access to documentation/information (including personal data) in compliance with the Freedom of Information Act (i.e. a disclosure of personal data).

Other relevant legal basis for disclosure of personal data is set out in the item regarding Innovation Norway’s processing of personal data above.

The privacy declaration can be adjusted, and any changes will only be published here. Originally published 25 May 2018, updates mainly regarding social media and cookies published 2 December 2020.