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> It's also against the law to put people in "databases". I find this very hard to believe. At face value I interpret this as saying that no company doing busi

• z3t4 11y ago
  You need the customer's consent. So if they opt-in it's alright in most cases. But you can only store their personal data if you absolutely need to, and in a secure way. For example only store post address if you intend to send them snail male. You can for example only have someone in your CRM if they are a customer. And if they ask you to remove their data, you must remove all information about them. You do not have to worry if your company and all your equipment is located outside Sweden though. But as for example Facebook have a data-center in Sweden, you can actually request them to remove all your data. Example of illegal database is a database for direct marketing. Or a register of race, religion or preferences.