- I think the goal is that it is the individual who owns their data and that it is the individual who can also agree to give their data to social services, for payment or not to give away their data at all. If you have this starting point, the other technical discussions will be much easier, says Anders Ygeman (S).
Since this spring, Anders Ygemans is Sweden's new digitization minister and has the task, among other things, of trying to get the global network giants to safeguard both a democratic information society and the citizens' integrity.
Is there any power to speak from a political point of view?
- There absolutely is. There are both national laws but the most powerful is when we come together at European level.
Anders Ygeman says that on several occasions he and his colleagues have had meetings with the big network giants.
- There, we have emphasized both a dialogue between authorities and companies, but also that companies take on a much greater responsibility.
- I think a reasonable next step in the European Union is to impose conditions on user conditions. We often have 40-50 page terms of use where it is unreasonable for the individual consumer to take note of and understand what it is doing, where there are also unreasonable requirements.