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En påtvingad registerkontroll? - En undersökning om förenligheten mellan icke-lagreglerade belastningsregisterkontroller och art. 8 EKMR

Andersson, Sofia LU (2023) LAGF03 20232
Department of Law
Faculty of Law
Abstract
According to Article 8 of the ECHR, individuals have the right to the protection of their private life. The scope of the article includes an obligation for authorities to ensure that only persons with a legitimate interest have access to sensitive personal data stored by the authority and that the information be treated with care. This applies also to the Criminal Record, a register maintained by the Police. Through a legal-dogmatic method, the paper investigates how use of criminal record checks requested by employers, when there is no legal basis for this, relates to the right to privacy.
According to the Swedish Law employers operating within some sectors, such as education and childcare, are required or have a possibility to control... (More)
According to Article 8 of the ECHR, individuals have the right to the protection of their private life. The scope of the article includes an obligation for authorities to ensure that only persons with a legitimate interest have access to sensitive personal data stored by the authority and that the information be treated with care. This applies also to the Criminal Record, a register maintained by the Police. Through a legal-dogmatic method, the paper investigates how use of criminal record checks requested by employers, when there is no legal basis for this, relates to the right to privacy.
According to the Swedish Law employers operating within some sectors, such as education and childcare, are required or have a possibility to control the criminal record of jobseekers. In these cases, jobseekers are requested to provide a targeted extract from the register. The legislator considers, thus, that these employers have legitimate interests in obtaining this sensitive personal information about job applicants. Employers in other sectors are not covered by the legislation. They can, however, gain access to the criminal record of possible job applicants by using the applicants ́ right to inspect of their criminal record. By making this a condition for a job application, any employer may get extract from the register providing criminal record of job applicants. In addition, this extract would not be targeted (as required for legitimate sectors) but include the whole record about the person.
According to the paper, the design of the legal regulation indicates that the requirement for careful handling is not fulfilled. It is unclear how making available should be understood. Depending on the interpretation of the term, the current regulation can be both in accordance with the requirement and contrary to the requirement. With the application of a liberal rights-based theory that safeguards the protection of individual rights, the paper considers that it is irrelevant how making available is to be understood because the requirement for caution is not fulfilled. The paper thus considers that the unregulated register check is contrary to Article 8(1) ECHR. (Less)
Abstract (Swedish)
Enligt artikel 8 EKMR har enskilda rätt till skydd för sitt privatliv. Artikelns tillämpningsområde omfattar en skyldighet för myndigheter att se till att endast personer med ett legitimt intresse har tillgång till känsliga personuppgifter som lagras av myndigheten och att informationen behandlas varsamt. Detta gäller även för belastningsregistret, ett register som förs av polisen. Genom en rättsdogmatisk metod undersöker uppsatsen hur användningen av utdrag ur belastningsregistret som begärs av arbetsgivare, när det inte finns någon rättslig grund för detta, förhåller sig till rätten till privatliv.
Enligt svensk lag har arbetsgivare som är verksamma inom vissa sektorer, såsom utbildning och barnomsorg, en skyldighet eller möjlighet att... (More)
Enligt artikel 8 EKMR har enskilda rätt till skydd för sitt privatliv. Artikelns tillämpningsområde omfattar en skyldighet för myndigheter att se till att endast personer med ett legitimt intresse har tillgång till känsliga personuppgifter som lagras av myndigheten och att informationen behandlas varsamt. Detta gäller även för belastningsregistret, ett register som förs av polisen. Genom en rättsdogmatisk metod undersöker uppsatsen hur användningen av utdrag ur belastningsregistret som begärs av arbetsgivare, när det inte finns någon rättslig grund för detta, förhåller sig till rätten till privatliv.
Enligt svensk lag har arbetsgivare som är verksamma inom vissa sektorer, såsom utbildning och barnomsorg, en skyldighet eller möjlighet att kontrollera arbetssökandes belastningsregister. I dessa fall begärs att den arbetssökande ska tillhandahålla ett anpassat utdrag ur registret. Lagstiftaren anser att dessa arbetsgivare har ett berättigat intresse av att erhålla denna känsliga personliga information om arbetssökande. Arbetsgivare inom andra sektorer omfattas inte av lagstiftningen. De kan dock få tillgång till arbetssökandes brottsregister genom att begära att den arbetssökande visar upp ett belastningsregisterutdrag. Dessa utdrag från registret visar till skillnad från de lagreglerade registerkontrollerna den arbetssökandes fullständiga belastningsregister.
Enligt uppsatsen tyder utformningen av lagregleringen på att kravet på varsam hantering inte är uppfyllt. Det är oklart hur att tillgängliggöra ska förstås. Beroende på termen tolkas kan nuvarande reglering anses stå i överensstäm- melse med kravet och strida mot kravet. Med applicerandet av en liberal rättighetsbaserad teori som värnar om enskildas rättighetsskydd, anser uppsatsen att det är irrelevant hur att tillgängliggöra ska förstås eftersom kravet på varsamhet inte är uppfyllt. Uppsatsen anser alltså att den oreglerade registerkontrollen strider mot art. 8.1 EKMR. (Less)
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author
Andersson, Sofia LU
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course
LAGF03 20232
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M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
arbetsrätt, mänskliga rättigheter, belastningsregister, EKMR, integritet, privatliv, informell registerkontroll
language
Swedish
id
9142998
date added to LUP
2024-02-02 11:56:49
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2024-02-02 11:56:49
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  abstract     = {{According to Article 8 of the ECHR, individuals have the right to the protection of their private life. The scope of the article includes an obligation for authorities to ensure that only persons with a legitimate interest have access to sensitive personal data stored by the authority and that the information be treated with care. This applies also to the Criminal Record, a register maintained by the Police. Through a legal-dogmatic method, the paper investigates how use of criminal record checks requested by employers, when there is no legal basis for this, relates to the right to privacy.
According to the Swedish Law employers operating within some sectors, such as education and childcare, are required or have a possibility to control the criminal record of jobseekers. In these cases, jobseekers are requested to provide a targeted extract from the register. The legislator considers, thus, that these employers have legitimate interests in obtaining this sensitive personal information about job applicants. Employers in other sectors are not covered by the legislation. They can, however, gain access to the criminal record of possible job applicants by using the applicants ́ right to inspect of their criminal record. By making this a condition for a job application, any employer may get extract from the register providing criminal record of job applicants. In addition, this extract would not be targeted (as required for legitimate sectors) but include the whole record about the person.
According to the paper, the design of the legal regulation indicates that the requirement for careful handling is not fulfilled. It is unclear how making available should be understood. Depending on the interpretation of the term, the current regulation can be both in accordance with the requirement and contrary to the requirement. With the application of a liberal rights-based theory that safeguards the protection of individual rights, the paper considers that it is irrelevant how making available is to be understood because the requirement for caution is not fulfilled. The paper thus considers that the unregulated register check is contrary to Article 8(1) ECHR.}},
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  note         = {{Student Paper}},
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  year         = {{2023}},
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