https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Sweden's parliament on Thursday passed a law making it easier for police to force internet service providers to reveal the identities of individual computer users in their continued hunt for suspected file sharers. https://www.thelocal.se/20120511/40784 Fri, 11 May 2012 17:40:00 +0200 40784 Emails and mobile phone text messages would be stored for six months by internet service providers (ISPs), according to a bill presented by the Swedish government on Thursday to bring the country in line with EU data retention rules. https://www.thelocal.se/20101111/30150 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 12:12:00 +0100 30150 The Swedish government wants to extend the powers of police and prosecutors to access personal details from internet service providers in cases of less serious offences such as file sharing, libel and grooming. https://www.thelocal.se/20101027/29854 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 13:17:00 +0200 29854 The European Court of Justice has told Sweden that it must implement a 2006 measure requiring telecom operators to store information about their customers’ phone calls and emails. https://www.thelocal.se/20100204/24784 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:38:00 +0100 24784 Sweden’s government is being sued by the European Commission for refusing to implement a 2006 measure requiring telecom operators to store information about their customers’ phone calls and emails. https://www.thelocal.se/20090526/19680 Tue, 26 May 2009 19:28:00 +0200 19680