The Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY) has announced that it has initiated audits against Legal Newsdesk Sweden AB (Lexbase.se) and Fuplex AB (krimfup.se) – two Swedish companies with publication certificates that provide searchable databases with information on criminal offences.
Following complaints to IMY about certain services that publish personal data, in particular about criminal offences and court judgments, the aim of the audits is to investigate whether the companies’ services violate GDPR.
IMY’s decision comes shortly after a landmark ruling by the Swedish Supreme Court, which found that disclosing criminal judgments in public databases is incompatible with EU law and the GDPR.
Click here to read IMY’s press release (in Swedish only).
