Whistleblowing

What we’re doing

Kinda Brave Publishing AB and it’s studios operate in a long-term and sustainable manner. We are therefore dedicated to ensuring that irregularities that might seriously damage our employees or the organization should be drawn attention to and investigated as early as possible. For this reason, we have set up a whistleblowing solution, making it easier for those who wish to provide information about irregularities that are in breach of applicable legislation. All reports are received and handled by an external agent. 

Please note that only persons directly connected to Kinda Brave Publishing AB’s operations are covered by the protections in whistleblowing legislation (the Protections for Persons Reporting Irregularities Act (SFS 2021:890)). Read more HERE.  

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Reporting via internal whistleblowing channels

Reporting can take place in writing via the website wb.2secure.se or verbally by phone at +46 (0) 771-77 99 77. You can choose to remain anonymous in both of these reporting channels. If you would like to report via an in-person meeting, this can be requested by registering a report on the website wb.2secure.se. The in-person meeting will be held by agreement either with a representative from Kinda Brave Publishing AB or with Kinda Brave Publishing AB’s provider of whistleblowing services, 2Secure. 

If you are using a computer that is connected to a Kinda Brave Publishing AB network, it may be recorded in the Internet log that you visited the website where reports are submitted. If you do not wish this information to be visible, do not use a work computer and do not connect the computer you use to Kinda Brave Publishing AB’s network. Instead, use e.g. a library or a personal computer connected to your home network. 

When registering a new report on wb.2secure.se, you must state the company-specific code kbp193 to identify that the report is being made related to Kinda Brave Publishing AB. On the website, you will be asked to answer a number of questions about the matter to which the report relates. You can remain anonymous and are assigned a unique case number and password, which must be saved so that you can actively log in to the website, monitor the report and communicate with the case officer at 2Secure.  

Once a report has been registered, it is processed by experienced case officers at 2Secure, who will contact Kinda Brave Publishing AB’s Ethics Council/primary contact person based on a predetermined contact list with several names. If the primary contact person is the subject of the report, another person on the contact list will be informed. It is always Kinda Brave Publishing AB who ultimately assesses the report and decides what measures are to be taken.  

When reporting orally, you have the right to control and correct potential errors in your report. As you report a case by phone you will receive login information to follow your case on wb.2secure.se. If you wish to control and possibly correct your report after registration, this can be requested through the web portal. You can also choose to sign the protocol of your report by requesting this in the web portal. An administrator from 2Secure will coordinate this. If you choose to sign the protocol from your registration, this means that 2Secure becomes aware of your name / identity. 2Secure protects your anonymity and will not disclose this information to the company. You can thus, even if you wish to sign the protocol from your registration, remain anonymous to Kinda Brave Publishing AB.

Reporting via external whistleblowing channels

In addition to reporting to Kinda Brave Publishing AB's whistleblower channel, you can report externally to a competent authority within a specific area of ​​responsibility or to one of the EU institutions, bodies and agencies. The following authorities have been appointed as competent authorities and established external reporting channels: Swedish Work Environment Authority,
National Board of Housing,
Building and Planning,
National Electrical Safety Board,
Swedish Economic Crime Authority,
Swedish Estate Agents Inspectorate,
Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority,
Public Health Agency of Sweden,
Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management,
Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection,
Inspectorate of Strategic Products,
Health and Social Care Inspectorate,
Swedish Chemicals Agency,
Swedish Consumer Agency,
Swedish Competition Authority,
Swedish Food Agency,
Medical Products Agency,
The county administrative boards,
Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency,
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency,
Swedish Post and Telecom Authority,
Government Offices,
Swedish Inspectorate of Auditors,
Swedish Tax Agency,
Swedish Forest Agency,
Swedish Gambling Authority,
Swedish Energy Agency,
Swedish Board of Agriculture,
Swedish Board for Accreditation and Conformity Assessment,
Swedish Radiation Safety Authority, and
Swedish Transport Agency.  

Go to the website of the Swedish Work Environment Authority for a summary of each authority's area of ​​responsibility and contact details: https://www.av.se/om-oss/visselblasarlagen/extern-rapporteringskanal/lista-over-myndigheter-med-ansvar-enligt-ansvarsomrade-enligt-forordning-2021949/

About statutory informant protection

In addition to the ability to report suspected irregularities in accordance with whistleblowing legislation, there is also a right to freedom of disclosure and acquisition in accordance with the Swedish Freedom of the Press Act and the Swedish Fundamental Law on Freedom of Expression. This means that it is possible for an employee (with certain exceptions) in both private and public sectors to submit with impunity otherwise confidential information for publication to mass media covered by the Swedish Freedom of the Press Act and the Swedish Fundamental Law on Freedom of Expression.  

There is also extended protection for employees in public sector organizations or other operations where informant protection applies, in accordance with the Swedish Informant Protection in Certain Sectors of Economic Activity Act (SFS 2017:151) or the Swedish Public Access to Information and Secrecy Act (SFS 2009:400). This extended protection relates to a prohibition against investigation and a prohibition against retaliation.  

The prohibition against investigation means that a government agency or other public body may not, as a general rule, investigate who has submitted a notification for publication.  

The prohibition against retaliation means that the general public may not take measures that have negative consequences for an individual because he or she has exercised his or her freedom of expression and disclosure.