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General Data Protection Regulation/Freedom of the Press Act Protection of personal data and Public Access to Information Public Access to Information/Right to Privacy Freedom of the Press Act: Every Swedish citizen are entitled to have free

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General Data Protection Regulation/Freedom of the Press Act

Protection of personal data and Public Access to Information

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Conny.Claesson@kau.se KARLSTADS UNIVERSITET

Public Access to Information/Right to Privacy

  • Freedom of the Press Act: Every Swedish citizen are entitled to have

free access to official documents held by public authorities

  • Except: Some official documents containing sensitive information are secret

(assessment of potential damage or harm must be considered in each individual case)

vs

  • General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): Contains general

provisions about processing and protection of all kinds of personal data

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Conny.Claesson@kau.se KARLSTADS UNIVERSITET

GDPR supplementary national legislation Other national legislation

Right to Privacy

European Convention on Human Rights EU Charter of Fundamental Rights GDPR The Constitution of Sweden

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Conny.Claesson@kau.se KARLSTADS UNIVERSITET

GDPR and Public Access to Information

  • GDPR replaces PUL (The Personal Data Act, the implementation of the 1995

EU Data Protection Directive)

  • EU regulation – Takes precedence over national legislation (a new game

board)

  • Does not replace Freedom of the Press Act
  • Personal data in official documents may be disclosed (art 86 GDPR)

But:

  • A public authority is not obliged to provide official documents in electronic form.
  • The Public Access to Information and Secrecy Act states that secrecy shall apply to

personal data, if it can be assumed that disclosure would cause the data to be processed in violation of GDPR

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Conny.Claesson@kau.se KARLSTADS UNIVERSITET

Proposed complementary legislation (Sweden):

  • Data Protection Act
  • Research Data Act
  • Adjustment of other legislation
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Conny.Claesson@kau.se KARLSTADS UNIVERSITET

Swedish Research Data Act proposes:

  • Pseudonymisation or equally strong protection necessary to process

personal data for research purposes

  • Ethical review necessary to process sensitive personal data for

research purposes (Ethical Review Act)