Usually, most of the personal information is public in the public records. But for those who are at risk of threats, violence or harassment, there is the opportunity to obtain protected personal data - and it is becoming more and more common. In ten years, the figure has increased by 38 percent.
Since the turn of the year, some new rules apply to obtaining protected personal data. On the one hand, it is sufficient that a person can be assumed to be exposed, which has made it a little easier to get his application granted.
Another change is that the protection is valid indefinitely.
- Previously, you had to prove, every three years, that you were exposed. It could be difficult and it was extremely stressful for anyone who had protected personal data, says Ingegerd Widell, business developer at the Swedish Tax Agency's National Bookkeeping and Property Department.
Groups that increase that get rejectedExactly how many apply for protected personal data but are not granted there are no statistics for. On the other hand, it is possible to see an increase in certain groups who are denied their applications.
It is above all younger people who have been hung out on the internet, people who find it uncomfortable that there is so much personal information on various search sites online and people who have been caught for ID cutting.
In the assessment, the administrators will partly investigate whether it can be assumed that the person can be exposed to threats and harassment, but it is also important to see if the measure will have an effect.
In the case of the three categories that are rejected, the assessment is often that a protection in the public records will not have an effect.
- It is sad that people think that you can get your personal data deleted from the network just because you are searching for protected personal data, there seems to be some kind of misconception here. But that's really another matter, says Ingegerd Widell at the Swedish Tax Agency.