Proposal for amendments to the Aliens Data Act and the Police Crime Data Act

The plan's guiding principle is that all people have the right to protection of their personal integrity and that the fundamental laws shall protect freedoms and rights. Automated facial and fingerprint matching in the Migration Agency's register targets a group already in legally vulnerable circumstances, and the plan demands that government agencies meet all people with the same respect and that asylum assessment occurs under dignified circumstances. Refraining from the changes follows from that.

• protection for personal integritydecisive»har rätt till skydd av sin personliga integritet.« (party programme ↗)“have the right to protection of their personal integrity.”
• constitutionally protected rights»Grundlagarna ska värna demokratin och människors fri- och« (party programme ↗)“The fundamental laws shall protect democracy and people's freedoms and”
• equal treatment by government agencies»Myndigheter har ett särskilt ansvar att möta alla människor« (party programme ↗)“Government agencies have a special responsibility to meet all people”
• legally secure asylum assessment»sin rätt till en individuell och rättssäker prövning under värdiga« (party programme ↗)“their right to an individual and legally secure assessment under dignified”

The plan requires the police to get more tools and that the fight against crime is uncompromising, including against weapons and drug smuggling. Stopping the possibility of automated facial and fingerprint comparison in the Migration Agency's register when investigating serious crimes runs counter to that. The plan recognises protection for personal integrity, but that does not justify rejecting the measure.

• more tools for policedecisive»Polisen behöver också fler verktyg, som bättre möjligheter till avlyssning och husrannsakan.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The police also need more tools, such as better opportunities for wiretapping and house searches.”
• uncompromising crime fighting»Kampen mot kriminaliteten ska vara kompromisslös.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The fight against crime must be uncompromising.”
• strengthened border control»Vi vill ta krafttag mot införsel av vapen och narkotika, bland annat genom stärkt gränskontroll.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to take action against smuggling of weapons and drugs, among other things through strengthened border control.”
• personal integrity as limit»Det är samhällets absoluta skyldighet att skydda friheten och den personliga integriteten« (party programme ↗)“It is society's absolute duty to protect freedom and personal integrity”

The plan opposes all laws that entail disproportionate infringements on privacy and demands that policy protect people's ability to safeguard their integrity as surveillance possibilities increase. No improper registration shall occur, and the election manifesto wishes to strengthen legal certainty for asylum seekers. Thus not implementing automated facial and fingerprint matching in the Migration Agency's register is the line the plan points toward.

• no disproportionate integrity infringementsdecisive»alla lagar som innebär oproportionerliga ingrepp i« (party programme ↗)“all laws that entail disproportionate infringements on”
• protect privacy against surveillance»kräver att politiken slår vakt om människors« (party programme ↗)“demands that policy protect people's”
• legal certainty for asylum seekers»stärka rättssäkerheten i asylprocessen och stödet för hbtqi-flyktingar och andra sårbara grupper.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“strengthen legal certainty in the asylum process and support for LGBTQI refugees and other vulnerable groups.”
• no improper registration»otillbörlig registrering eller övervakning baserad på« (party programme ↗)“improper registration or surveillance based on”

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The party programme makes respect for personal integrity a cornerstone and demands proportionality between restriction and purpose, and the election manifesto says no to a range of broad coercive measures. Automated facial and fingerprint matching in the Migration Agency's register means that registers collected for other purposes are used for crime prevention against an undefined group. The plan therefore supports the integrity objection to implementing the changes.

• proportionality requirementweak support»All lagstiftning bör prövas mot dess påverkan på människors personliga integritet. Det måste finnas en proportionalitet mellan lagstiftningens inskränkning av medborgarnas integritet och lagarnas syfte.« (party programme ↗)“All legislation should be tested against its impact on people's personal integrity. There must be proportionality between legislation's restriction of citizens' integrity and the law's purpose.”
• no to broad coercive measuresdecisive»Vi säger därför nej till visitationszoner, kollektiv bestraffning, omvänd bevisbörda, anonyma vittnen, preventiv avlyssning och inskränkningar av religionsfriheten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We therefore say no to search zones, collective punishment, reversed burden of proof, anonymous witnesses, preventive wiretapping and restrictions on freedom of religion.”
• integrity as cornerstone»Respekten för den enskildes personliga integritet är en grundsten i varje demokrati.« (party programme ↗)“Respect for the individual's personal integrity is a cornerstone in every democracy.”
• protection in the digital sphere»Vi bejakar ett digitalt samhälle med ett starkt skydd för yttrande- och informationsfrihet« (party programme ↗)“We support a digital society with strong protection for freedom of expression and information.”

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The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The election manifesto wants to give police more tools, and the party programme explicitly allows collection and use of information to be widened when new needs have been tested politically and the opposing interest weighs evidently heavier – which supports an automated comparison limited to preliminary investigation of serious crimes. At the same time, the plan's purpose principle, that information shall not be used for purposes other than the original ones, opposes the measure. Altogether the plan does not support stopping the changes, but the basis is weak.

• more tools to policedecisive»Ge polisen fler verktyg och vapen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Give police more tools and weapons.”
• widened use can be tested»om dessa behov väger tillräckligt tungt för att vidga insamling och användning av uppgifterna.« (party programme ↗)“if these needs weigh sufficiently heavily to widen collection and use of information.”
• proportionality requirement»negativt är endast berättigade om ett motstående intresse väger uppenbart tyngre och åtgärden är« (party programme ↗)“negative is only justified if an opposing interest weighs evidently heavier and the measure is”
• purpose limitation»Övervakning och registrering ska inte användas för andra syften än vad som var de ursprungliga« (party programme ↗)“Monitoring and registration shall not be used for purposes other than what were the original”

The plan prioritises crime-fighting tools: the election manifesto requires a complete review of confidentiality regulations so that information can be used to solve crimes, and the party programme states that all crimes shall be prosecuted and that Sweden must be able to meet international crime and terrorism. Automated comparison in the Migration Board's register during preliminary investigation for certain serious crimes lies within that line. The privacy protection in the plan sets limits for how the tool may be used, but does not constitute grounds for rejecting it, which is why the counter-proposal's demands are rejected.

• information sharing against crimedecisive»Total översyn av sekretessreglerna, så att myndigheter kan dela uppgifter mellan sig för att förebygga och klara upp brott.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Complete review of confidentiality regulations, so that authorities can share information between them to prevent and solve crimes.”
• all crimes shall be prosecuted»Alla brott ska effektivt och utan undantag beivras« (party programme ↗)“All crimes shall be efficiently and without exception prosecuted”
• meet international crime»möta angrepp från internationell kriminalitet, terrorism« (party programme ↗)“meet attacks from international crime, terrorism”
• strong privacy protection»Den personliga integriteten ska ha ett starkt« (party programme ↗)“Personal integrity shall have strong”

The plan wants to greatly expand the justice system's technical tools, among other things many more surveillance cameras, and it wants to establish who actually lives in Sweden. Halting automated facial and fingerprint comparison in the Migration Agency's register when investigating serious crimes goes against that line. The party programme's requirement that personal integrity be protected argues for limitation to serious crime, not for rejection.

• expanded technical toolsdecisive»Kraftigt öka antalet övervakningskameror« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Greatly increase the number of surveillance cameras”
• control over who is in the country»Ett viktigt första steg är att fastställa vilka som lever i Sverige« (2022 manifesto ↗)“An important first step is to establish who lives in Sweden”
• more crimes shall be cleared up»Vi ska rusta upp rättsväsendet för att utreda och klara upp fler brott« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We shall strengthen the justice system to investigate and clear up more crimes”
• integrity protected»Den personliga integriteten ska värnas« (party programme ↗)“Personal integrity shall be protected”

The plan requires more controls against the shadow economy and illegal migration and that the justice system is given better tools for information gathering and mapping, and that procedural obstacles to prosecution are removed. The counter-proposal's demand to stop automated facial recognition and fingerprint comparison in the Migration Agency's register goes directly against these commitments. The plan therefore speaks against the counter-proposal.

• more controls against the shadow economydecisive»Bekämpa skuggsamhället och illegal migration med fler kontroller och fler utvisningar« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Combat the shadow economy and illegal migration with more controls and more deportations”
• expanded surveillance tools»Åtgärder ska vidtas för att bättre kunna kartlägga gängaktiva genom t.ex. underrättelsearbete och informationsinhämtning, spaning, kameraövervakning och avlyssning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Measures should be taken to better map gang activity through, for example, intelligence work and information gathering, surveillance, camera surveillance and wiretapping.”
• remove obstacles to prosecution»Processuella hinder för att möjliggöra en ökad lagföring måste också undanröjas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Procedural obstacles to enabling increased prosecution must also be removed.”
• better tools against crime»Rättsväsendets samverkan mellan myndigheter och verktyg för att upptäcka och lagföra kriminella ska förbättras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The justice system's cooperation between authorities and tools to detect and prosecute criminals should be improved.”