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 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 Conny.Claesson@kau.se KARLSTADS UNIVERSITET
Right to Privacy EU Charter of European Convention on Fundamental Rights Human Rights GDPR The Constitution of Sweden GDPR supplementary Other national national legislation legislation 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 Conny.Claesson@kau.se KARLSTADS UNIVERSITET
Proposed complementary legislation (Sweden): • Data Protection Act • Research Data Act • Adjustment of other legislation 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) Conny.Claesson@kau.se KARLSTADS UNIVERSITET
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