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 Controversial website Lexbase, which lets Swedes pay to see their neighbours' criminal records, is set to reopen from servers in the United States with operators convinced it will make them "really rich". https://www.thelocal.se/20140212/lexbase-set-to-reopen-from-california Wed, 12 Feb 2014 18:31:00 +0100 lexbase-set-to-reopen-from-california Lexbase, a site allowing Swedes to look up neighbour's criminal records, was embroiled in further controversy on Tuesday as its owner was revealed to have criminal connections and its spokesperson quit after reportedly receiving death threats. https://www.thelocal.se/20140128/lexbase-official-quits-as-controversy-rages-over-criminal-records Tue, 28 Jan 2014 15:26:00 +0100 lexbase-official-quits-as-controversy-rages-over-criminal-records Sweden's constitution needs to be rewritten, the head of the country's main privacy watchdog has argued following the launch of a new website that lets Swedes download their neighbours' criminal records. https://www.thelocal.se/20140128/crime-record-site-shows-constitution-needs-to-be-rewritten Tue, 28 Jan 2014 10:52:00 +0100 crime-record-site-shows-constitution-needs-to-be-rewritten Foreigners in Sweden are being blacklisted by recruitment agencies for not speaking Swedish - and remain on the blacklist even after they have improved their language skills, according to a whistleblower from one of the top recruitment firms. https://www.thelocal.se/20130902/50002 Mon, 02 Sep 2013 14:27:00 +0200 50002 Sweden needs stronger legislation to deter internet bullying, the country's data privacy agency has argued, calling for tougher penalties for offensive comments posted online. https://www.thelocal.se/20130114/45606 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:15:00 +0100 45606 A 15-year-old boy from Norrköping in eastern Sweden has been reported to police for allegedly "face raping" another teen by writing false messages on the latter's Facebook page, an increasingly common phenomenon among young Swedes. https://www.thelocal.se/20120528/41078 Mon, 28 May 2012 10:22:00 +0200 41078 Sweden's national rail service, SJ, has been slammed by the Data Inspection Board (Datainspektionen) after it was discovered the company was filming staff with hidden cameras to stop widespread pilfering on trains. https://www.thelocal.se/20111220/38052 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:03:00 +0100 38052 A new website set up by a Swede with ties to neo-Nazi groups and featuring the names and contact information of dozens of convicted child sex offenders has been reported for data privacy violations. https://www.thelocal.se/20111107/37206 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:12:00 +0100 37206 Data protection authorities in the Nordic countries have posed a number of questions to social networking giant Facebook regarding the company’s handling of users' personal details. https://www.thelocal.se/20110712/34890 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:48:00 +0200 34890 Hidden cameras were used to catch a number of sticky-fingered cleaners red handed stealing from the restaurant cars of Swedish trains. https://www.thelocal.se/20110504/33564 Wed, 04 May 2011 10:50:00 +0200 33564 Swedish rail operator SJ has been given clearance by the Swedish Data Inspection Board (Datainspektionen) to open a "graffiti database" in order to assist police reports and damages claims. https://www.thelocal.se/20110418/33274 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:49:00 +0200 33274 Half of Sweden's young people have endured a "face rape," or having their Facebook account hijacked by someone else who writes mean or "funny" things under the user's name, according to Sweden's online privacy watchdog on Friday. https://www.thelocal.se/20110128/31702 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 16:23:00 +0100 31702 Stockholm’s Karolinska University Hospital has been criticised for its failure to address “serious” shortcomings in how it handles patient information. https://www.thelocal.se/20110124/31618 Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:09:00 +0100 31618 Sweden's IT privacy watchdog has recommended Google remove data that it inadvertently captured from wireless networks in Sweden while it was taking photos for its Street View service. https://www.thelocal.se/20101130/30520 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:11:00 +0100 30520 Swedish employers have been authorised to use fingerprints to track worker’s job attendance following a review of the practice by the Data Inspection Board (Datainspektionen). https://www.thelocal.se/20101117/30260 Wed, 17 Nov 2010 09:42:00 +0100 30260 Municipalities, public authorities and companies who use blogs, Facebook, Twitter and other social media tools have a responsibility for personal data published on the sites, a new report from the Data Inspection Board (Datainspektionen - DI) has concluded. https://www.thelocal.se/20100705/27606 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:01:00 +0200 27606 A Christian dating website which released details about a Swedish pastor’s offensive comments has been accused of violated the country’s data privacy laws. https://www.thelocal.se/20090422/19018 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:09:00 +0200 19018 Hungry students at a school in Västerbotten in northern Sweden must give a fingerprint in order to eat in the school’s cafeteria, a practice which bothers data privacy officials seeking to ban the measure. https://www.thelocal.se/20081020/15068 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:50:00 +0200 15068 The Swedish Data Inspection Board (Datainspektionen) is to team up with the National Police Board (Rikspolisstyrelsen) in a bid to improve the effectiveness of the police's criminal register. https://www.thelocal.se/20080508/11634 Thu, 08 May 2008 19:33:00 +0200 11634