På svenska, tack

• Make a total revision of the outdated Swedish Data Act from 1973 and make recommendations on how to implement the EC Directive on Data Protection (95/46/EC) into Swedish law
• Adjust the rules in the Constitution on public access to official documents (including electronic documents and registers) to the new technology

The Committee handed over a report, including recommendations on new and amended legislation, to the Swedish Minister of Justice ­ Mrs. Laila Freivalds ­ on April 2, 1997. The title of the report is: INTEGRITY ­ RIGHT-OF-ACCESS ­ INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SOU 1997:39) English summary of the report

The Swedish Government will probably refer the report to several public authorities and private organisations for consideration. The next step for the Government would be to submit a Bill to the Parliament.

The Committee has been comprised of eleven politicians ­ mostly MP:s ­ representing the seven political parties at present in Parliament, chaired by a Supreme Court Judge, Mr Staffan Vängby. The Committee was assisted by an Expert Group, consisting of leading experts in Sweden on the issues at hand and experts representing the interests at stake.

• The names and addresses of the members of the Committee and the Expert Group
  
• The Swedish Data Act 1973 (in English)
  
• The EC Directive on Data Protection (in English and other languages)
• Summary in English of a 1993 report from the 1989 Commission on Data Protection ­ The Commission recommended the enactment of a new Data Protection Act based, by and large, on the then current (second) proposal for an EC Directive. The recommendation was not followed.

In Stockholm:
Associate Judge of Appeal
Sören Öman
Justitiedepartementet (Ministry of Justice)
Rosenbad 4
SE-103 33 STOCKHOLM
SWEDEN

E-mail: soren.oman@justice.ministry.se

Telephone: +46 8 405 46 31
Fax: +46 8 405 46 77

In Jönköping:
Associate Judge of Appeal
Charlotte Brokelind
Departementens utredningsavdelning
P.O. Box 2001
SE-550 02 JÖNKÖPING
SWEDEN

E-mail: charlotte.brokelind@mbox309.swipnet.se

Telephone: +46 36 15 69 30
Fax: +46 36 15 65 93