Internet Law in Sweden

BBS Act  Rating  
The BBS
requires Internet service providers to check for, and remove, illegal items on their sites.

Data Act  Rating and the
Personal Information Act  Rating

The Data Act, if interpreted literally, would forbid almost every Web page which contains the name of any person. The Personal Information Act closely mirrors an EU directive  Rating , so other EU countries may have similar conflicts with freedom of speech. The intensive public debate on this law may change the way the law is applied  Rating . Adherence to the law is controlled by the Data Inspection Board  Rating .

FindLaw  Rating
Documents on Swedish legislation in the FindLaw data base.

Other countries  Rating
Internet law in other countries.

Attempts to Regulate the Internet  Rating
Successes and failures of the Swedish government.

What is Right and Wrong  Rating
A discussion about whether computers can decide what is right and wrong.

The Swedish Social Security Number Issue  Rating
A short overview of the issue and debate regarding the social security number in Sweden.

More information in Swedish  Rating

Law and order on the Internet  Rating
Overview of the general principles of ethics and legal regulation of e-mail.

Combatting computer crime  Rating
What methods should be used, and what police methods should be allowed, in combatting computer crime?

This web page was prepared before the year 2006, and does not report changes in law since then.

Last update: 5 January 2000 by Jacob Palme E-mail: jpalme@dsv.su.se.
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