Insufficient protection of privacy

Protection of privacy is not highly ranked in Sweden. That is the result of a new study in which the British human rights organization Privacy International compares 37 countries. "Naturally there is are good reasons for more surveillance. The fight against terrorism is one of them", comments the political editor Anders Linder. ... But it is not OK for citizens to be subjected to the increasing scrutiny of the authorities without a critical debate on the issue... The right to privacy is a human right, and a society that does not respect it runs the risk of injuring other human rights. Germany comes out on top in the study. Obviously this has to do with the country's experience of a totalitarian system in the 20th century. Sweden does not have this experience."

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