IMY submits new notifications without action – pending ongoing supervision of legal databases

At the same time, 29 new notifications have been received by the Privacy Protection Authority. However, these will be left without action as IMY already has an ongoing supervision of the three services as to whether or not one should have the right to be removed.

Since 2025, nearly 3,000 notifications have been received by legal databases, mainly from people who want to be unpublished. IMY's announcement is expected this autumn.

Lexbase updates terms and conditions

Lexbase recently changed its terms of removal. Previously, the site stated that sentences are reduced after five years "if the crime can result in a maximum of two years on the penalty scale", and after 20 years for other criminal cases or civil cases.

Now the service states that "ongoing assessments" are made and that it "occurs" that minor criminal cases are removed after 5 years. Lexbase also invites private individuals to contact them if they wish to be unpublished from the site.

Continued lack of clarity from Mr. Koll

After the review, Mr. Koll stated that they now allow everyone to remove their information from the site. A month later, however, the service still states that their publications comply with the public policy and that the GDPR does not apply.

They also do not provide instructions for how private individuals can be removed under the heading "How do I remove an item?". Mr. Koll has not responded as to why.

"We are still receiving complaints that personal data has not been deleted from Mr. Koll even though it has been requested," writes the Swedish Data Protection Agency in an email.

Own judgments are still missing

The review also showed that all three services do not report judgments concerning their own top managers. Mr Koll's founder Simon Krantz then stated that a ruling relating to a top name would be added. A month later it is still missing.

Nor has Lexbase added the disputes and rulings that are missing for current and former top managers. However, the service has put back a verdict for assault that SVT reviewed.

The conviction was originally expunged after the perpetrator sued Lexbase. The service has not responded as to why.

SVT has applied for all three positions.