The Lysne Committee pointed out that in a digital context, the protection of personal data plays a particularly important role in privacy. The Privacy Commission defines the term as follows: Protection of personal information concerns rules and standards for processing personal data that has safeguarding privacy as its main objective. The purpose of the rules is to ensure individuals an overview and control of processing of data about themselves. With certain exceptions, individuals should be able to decide what others should know about his or her personal circumstances. It is the authorities’ responsibility to safeguard human rights and to provide security and safety for the population. Protecting privacy and maintaining a secure society are therefore prioritised tasks for the Government. Good cyber security is a prerequisite for safeguarding privacy. In national and international regulations on protection of personal data there are therefore provisions on cyber security. In its consultation statement on the Lysne Committee’s report, the Norwegian Data Protection Authority writes that privacy and cyber security concerns often go hand in hand, and that they find it difficult to see good privacy without good security mechanisms in today's digital age. Protection of privacy and cyber security are fundamentally linked. When it comes to the implementation of specific security measures, such as logging in ICT systems, there may still be need for balancing between the two considerations. Protection of privacy is a prerequisite for successful digitalisation in the society. Efficient use of ICT strengthens business competitiveness and increases the society’s overall productivity.3 The Government wants to use these advantages to facilitate further digitalisation of society. We must then be aware of the challenges of digitalisation. Among the major challenges is safeguarding privacy, which through digitalisation is constantly put to the test. Protection of privacy is key to the users having trust in digital solutions. While there is increasing emphasis on privacy, we are seeing different kinds of voluntary abandonment of such protection. For example, private individuals providing personal data in exchange for free services. Free e-mail, search engines, games and social media have been based on this model. Most mobile phones send information on the user's movements, residence, work address and personal tasks. The use and processing of these data are therefore important both in a privacy and an cyber security perspective. Those who collect and process personal data have a responsibility to ensure that the data are not misused or lost. 3 Meld. St. 27 (2015–2016) Digital agenda for Norway.