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TemaNord 2024:532
Data Retention Law in the Nordic Countries
A Comparative Study
Data Retention Law in the Nordic Countries
About this publication
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Summary
Abbreviations
Terms
References
EU legislation
Council of Europe
National legislation and legal sources
Denmark
Finland
Iceland
Norway
Sweden
Part 1: Mandate, EU background and Nordic context
1. Mandate
2. EU legal background
3. The complexity
4. Data retention as concept
5. Nordic overview
5.1 E-com regulation
5.1.1 Introduction
5.1.2 National discretion and consequences to data retention
5.1.3 Electronic communications service
5.2 Access to subscriber data
5.2.1 Denmark
5.2.2 Finland
5.2.3 Iceland
5.2.4 Norway
5.2.5 Sweden
5.3 Expedited data preservation and partial disclosure of data
5.3.1 Denmark
5.3.2 Finland
5.3.3 Iceland
5.3.4 Norway
5.3.5 Sweden
5.4 Secret coercive measures interfering with private communication
5.4.1 Introduction – the criminality condition
5.4.2 Finland
5.4.3 Iceland
5.4.4 Norway
5.4.5 Sweden
5.4.6 Denmark
Part 2: National Data Retention Rules
6. Denmark
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Targeted data retention orders
6.2.1 Introduction – the criminality condition
6.2.2 Data retention targeting convicted persons
6.2.3 Data retention targeting communication equipment and persons
6.2.4 Data retention targeting geographical area
6.2.5 Data retention based on a concrete assessment
6.3 General, undifferentiated data retention
6.3.1 Introduction
6.3.2 National security
6.3.3 Internet access
6.4 The data to be registered
6.4.1 Traffic data
6.4.2 Internet access data
6.5 Provider
6.5.1 The definition
6.5.2 Internet Access Providers
6.6 Access to retained data
7. Finland
7.1 Introduction
7.2 The data to be registered and stored
7.3 Storage period
7.4 Provider
7.5 Access to data
8. Iceland
9. Norway
9.1 Introduction
9.2 The data to be registered and stored
9.3 Storage period
9.4 Provider
9.5 Access to data
9.5.1 Introduction
9.5.2 Purpose, who that may access the data, and personal scope
9.5.3 The necessity condition
9.5.4 Formal conditions – safeguards
9.5.5 Crime prevention
10. Sweden
10.1 Introduction
10.2 The data to be registered and stored
10.3 Storage period
10.4 The person obliged to register and store data
10.5 Access to data
10.6 SOU 2023:22: Proposal for a law revision
10.6.1 Introduction
10.6.2 Proposed amendments to SECA
10.6.3 General, undifferentiated data retention to protect national security
10.6.4 Targeted data retention to combat serious crime
10.6.5 Access to data
Part III: Concluding remarks