Here in Sweden there has been several alternatives which all puts barriers in front of public information in order to prevent it being accessible through the in

Here in Sweden there has been several alternatives which all puts barriers in front of public information in order to prevent it being accessible through the internet. One method is to simply not allow people to copy it. I can go to the department and request the information, but I can't leave the building with any digital or physical copy (photoing inside is forbidden). Technically within the legal definition of public information. The other method is using copyright to grant permission for private use but not distribution, which mean no one has permission to put the public information online. That way its publicly available to request from the department but it will not be published online. The third method is not really a method but simply relying on the gdpr. The information may be public but there are still legal limits on the kind of databases people may have about private information.