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Sweden is joke when it comes to privacy. Yes, in Sweden GDPR applies, but in practice is not applied at all. Just type in Google the name of any resident in Swe
by pointingout 8y ago
Sweden is joke when it comes to privacy. Yes, in Sweden GDPR applies, but in practice is not applied at all. Just type in Google the name of any resident in Sweden and you´ll get a bunch of companies providing information about full name, address, picture and directions to where they live, indications of where to turn, right, left, to go to the flat where the person lives, how much they make, whether they are married or not, own a car, a house an apartment, etc.
All because the public agencies sell personal information which has not been anonymised.
The Swedish Data Protection agency is another joke. Have they said anything about this? I wonder if they are going to do anything at all.
According to the GDPR the region government as well as any other company or organisation should have contracts in place with reliable providers and they are responsible when going into a contract with some one who is not reliable, so the 1177, the region government, Medicall, etc, they are equally responsible.
- yaris 8y agoWhile you are right that data like your address is freely available it should be mentioned that data like your income is a bit more ”protected”. One has to pay for it (and AFAIK there is a limit on the number of items a private person can buy) and the person whose data is queried is notified about such query (who asked what). Also some info is not so detailed as it may seem first. What does it give you if I say that I own a Volvo in the country where 30% of cars are Volvo? EDIT: spelling