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Sweden has a situation with search services that does not exist elsewhere in
Europe. Anyone can easily find a great deal of information about us online, for any
purpose. This is a privacy issue in itself and takes on new significance in light of
the serious security situation we are facing. This largely concerns the system of
voluntary publication licences. When the system was introduced, the legislator
saw a risk that it would create vast registers of persons – and so it has.

IMY has four ongoing supervisory cases in this area, two concerning personal
data relating to criminal offences and two regarding the right to erasure of other
types of personal data. Now, we have received the EU Court of Justice’s ruling on
the matter, and I expect a conclusion to our supervisory cases before the end of
autumn.

But I also expect that we will continue discussing how the ruling affects the
relationship between our constitutional laws and the GDPR. In my view, the
legislator will need to act, in one way or another. The collections of data published
by search services, with their significant privacy implications, are natural for us to
review. But I do not want IMY to be forced into becoming an authority that
scrutinizes publications in constitutionally protected media engaged in journalistic
activities. The Swedish exclusivity principle in media constitutional law is an
indispensable part of our system of government. It must continue to be defended.