The municipality of Södertälje claims that these background checks of convictions and prosecutions of sexual crimes, violent crimes, economic crimes and drug crimes are necessary in Södertälje.
- We need to get a good picture of what question marks we need to sort out when it comes to our employees, says Elof Hansjons (S) who is chairman of the personnel committee.
"May violate GDPR"
Staffan Olsson also believes that the Ombudsman should investigate whether the municipality violates the law on GDPR, the EU's data protection law on how we securely handle personal data.
The municipality goes through a security company that collects the information.
- The municipality receives sensitive information such as a notice that is linked to a specific person.
Then I mean that they register in person, says Staffan Olsson.
Södertälje municipality welcomes JO investigation
Södertälje municipality claims that they have done everything they can to comply with the law.
- It feels good that JO is investigating this.
We have been very careful to investigate how we can handle personal data in a legally secure way, says Elof Hansjons.