Datainspektionen
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Sweden enters fray in EU data privacy fight
Science & Technology: 21 Jan 13
Swedish MEP Anna Maria Corazza Bildt and tech industry experts on Monday warned that draft legislation updating the EU's outdated data privacy protection rules pose a threat to Europe's competitiveness.
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'Criminalize offensive online comments'
Science & Technology: 14 Jan 13
Sweden needs stronger legislation to deter internet bullying, the country's data privacy agency has argued, calling for tougher penalties for posting offensive comments online.
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Outrage over Swedish city's 'sex and booze' test
Society: 27 Sep 12
Public employees in northern Sweden were outraged this week after being forced to answer questions about their sex-life, bowel movements, and alcohol habits in a personality test given to them by the local municipality.
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Agency green-lights state 'hooligan register'
Sport: 13 Aug 12
The Swedish Data Inspection Board has given the government thumbs up to start a register of blacklisted sports supporters, as long as a few changes are made to the scheme in order to safeguard personal integrity.
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Number blunder makes man 'father' of two
Society: 7 Jul 12
A 29-year-old old Swedish man recently came home from the maternity ward with his newborn daughter and was surprised to learn that he was the father of not one, but two, children, according to records with Swedish authorities.
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Bank cited for noting client's bank heist past
Business & Money: 8 Jun 12
Swedbank has been criticised by the Swedish Data Protection Board for registering the fact that a customer had a prior conviction for robbing one of it branches - information which led to his bank account being closed.
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Swedish teen reported to police for 'face rape'
Science & Technology: 28 May 12
A 15-year-old boy from Norrköping in eastern Sweden has been reported to police for allegedly "face raping" another teen, an increasingly common phenomenon among young Swedes.
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Rail service's hidden cameras 'illegal': agency
National: 20 Dec 11
Sweden's national rail service, SJ, has been slammed by the Data Inspection Board after it was discovered the company was filming staff with hidden cameras to stop widespread pilfering on trains.
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Paedophile site probed for privacy violations
National: 7 Nov 11
A new website set up by a Swede with ties to neo-Nazi groups and featuring the names and contact information of dozens of convicted child sex offenders has been reported for data privacy violations.
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Sweden demands Facebook info answers
Business & Money: 12 Jul 11
Data protection authorities in the Nordic countries have joined forces to pose a number of questions to social networking giant Facebook regarding the US firm's handling of users' personal details.
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Hooligans should report to the police: Riksdag
Politics: 22 Jun 11
On Wednesday the Riksdag voted in favour of the Social Democrats’ proposal that known hooligans should report to authorities prior to major sporting events.
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Hooligans strike in pre-game brawl
Sport: 12 Jun 11
At least five people were injured in the early hours of Sunday morning when fans of Stockholm’s Hammarby football club clashed with guests in a restaurant, a brawl that later took to the streets.
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Green light for Swedish ‘hooligan-register’
Sport: 31 May 11
Stockholm club Djurgården Football has received the approval needed from the Data Inspection Board (Datainspektionen) to start up a register of blacklisted supporters to keep them out of sports events.
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Hooligans should report to police - Social Democrats
Politics: 27 May 11
The Social Democrats want Sweden to implement new laws requiring known hooligans to report to the police during sports events before the start of the next football season.
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Hidden cameras catch cleaners looting Swedish trains
National: 4 May 11
A number of sticky-fingered cleaners were caught red handed stealing liquor, beer, and candy from the restaurant cars of Swedish trains following the installation of hidden surveillance cameras.
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Green light for Swedish rail operator's 'graffiti database'
Science & Technology: 18 Apr 11
Swedish rail operator SJ has been given clearance by the Swedish Data Inspection Board to open a "graffiti database" in order to assist police reports and damages claims.
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Half of young Swedes 'face raped': survey
Science & Technology: 28 Jan 11
Half of Sweden's young people have endured a "face rape," or having their Facebook account hijacked by someone else who writes mean or "funny" things under the user's name, according to Sweden's online privacy watchdog on Friday.
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'Karolinska shares patient data illegally'
Science & Technology: 24 Jan 11
Stockholm’s Karolinska University Hospital has been criticised for its failure to address “serious” shortcomings in how it handles patient information.
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'Google should clear Swedish data': agency
Science & Technology: 30 Nov 10
Sweden's IT privacy watchdog has recommended Google remove data that it inadvertently captured from wireless networks in Sweden while it was taking photos for its Street View service.
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Sweden green lights 'fingerprint time clocks'
Business & Money: 17 Nov 10
Swedish employers have been authorised to use fingerprints to track worker’s job attendance following a review of the practice by the Data Inspection Board.
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Sweden to launch online access to medical files
Science & Technology: 11 Nov 10
Patients and medical professionals in Sweden will soon be able access electronic medical records online, a government health official announced this week.
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Most Swedes hit by internet crime: survey
Science & Technology: 8 Sep 10
More than half of all Swedes have been exposed to crime on the internet, a new survey published on Wednesday indicates.
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Companies responsible for social media content
Science & Technology: 5 Jul 10
Municipalities, public authorities and companies who use blogs, Facebook, and other social media tools have a responsibility for personal data published on the sites, a new report from the Data Inspection Board has concluded.
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Court slams laundry room surveillance
Society: 20 May 10
The appeals court has ruled that a municipal housing firm may not conduct computer surveillance of a communal laundry room in order to identify tenants that had neglected to tidy up after them.
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Firms under scrutiny over GPS spying
Science & Technology: 26 Feb 10
The Swedish Data Inspection Board has announced the launch of a project to review how companies and municipalities use GPS positioning technology to track their staff.
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Paedophile site reported for privacy violations
Society: 18 Jan 10
A website featuring personal information about Swedes convicted of sex crimes involving children has been reported to the police by Sweden's Data Inspection Board.
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Malmö gets thumbs up for text message pee charge
Society: 2 Sep 09
Sweden's Data Inspection Board has approved a new system of paying for public toilets using text messages in Malmö's famous Folkets Park.
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Pastor to sue dating site over release of rude comments
Society: 22 Apr 09
A Christian dating website which released details about a Swedish pastor’s offensive comments has been accused of violated the country’s data privacy laws.
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Sex offender website reported to police
Society: 18 Mar 09
Sweden’s Data Inspection Board has filed a complaint with the police about a website which posts information about sex offenders run by the Original Gangsters criminal gang.
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Agencies slam FRA-law revisions
National: 24 Feb 09
Changes to Sweden’s wiretapping law have been met with stinging criticism in a new round of comments by two government agencies.
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Sex offender website under investigation
National: 15 Dec 08
Swedish authorities are investigating a website for possible violations of the country’s privacy laws after it published the names, personal identity numbers, addresses, of several convicted sex offenders.
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Swedish court to rule on school lunch fingerprinting
Education: 20 Oct 08
Hungry students at a school in Västerbotten in northern Sweden must give a fingerprint in order to eat in the school’s cafeteria, a practice which bothers data privacy officials seeking to ban the measure.
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Sahlin calls for privacy ombudsman
Politics: 3 Oct 08
The Social Democrats want to create an ombudsman to help protect individuals’ privacy in Sweden, party leader Mona Sahlin told Sveriges Radio.
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Sweden condemns surveillance in schools
Education: 2 Oct 08
Sweden’s Data Inspection Board (Datainspektionen – DI) has demanded that seven schools change their use of surveillance cameras in a decision it hopes will set a precedent for schools across the country.
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Temperance society in opinions registration scandal
Society: 7 Aug 08
Swedish temperance society IOGT-NTO has landed in hot water with evangelists after admitting to breaking the law when registering the religious convictions of its members.
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Swedish schoolkids under surveillance
Education: 7 Aug 08
The number of Swedish schools using security cameras to keep an eye on their pupils has skyrocketed in recent years.
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Bugged man reports FRA to Sweden's Chancellor of Justice
National: 25 Jul 08
Sweden's National Defence Radio Establishment (FRA) has been reported to the Chancellor of Justice by one of those on a classified list of people bugged in the 1990s for doing business with Russia.
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FRA accused of illegal surveillance
National: 14 Jun 08
Sweden's National Defence Radio Establishment (FRA) has been accused of illegally storing the information from over 100 Russians that it had been monitoring in the 1990s.
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Police seek to tweak criminal register
National: 8 May 08
The Swedish Data Inspection Board is to team up with the National Police Board in a bid to improve the effectiveness of the police's criminal register.
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Liberal Party addresses treatment of personal data
Politics: 16 Apr 08
Sweden’s Liberal Party (Folkpartiet) wants to make it easier to bring indictments for internet harassment and overhaul Sweden's system for handling personal information.
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Agency to examine debt among Swedish children
Business & Money: 20 Feb 08
As fears mount about debt among Swedish children, a Data Inspection Board project hopes to shed more light on the problem.
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Pupils 'should not be forced to give fingerprints'
National: 25 Aug 07
Forcing schoolchildren to give fingerprints in order to get their lunches should be forbidden, the Swedish Data Inspection Board has said.
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'Report-a-paedophile' website ruled illegal
Science & Technology: 4 May 07
A website on which children can expose suspected online paedophiles has been ruled illegal by the Swedish Data Inspection Board.
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Behave - your boss is watching
Society: 13 Jan 06
Half of Swedish employers monitor their employees' surfing habits, but very few are checking to stop their workers slacking. Most are only monitoring for use of "unethical" websites.
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