Continuing and expanding secret data interception against serious crime
What's at stake: The decision affects authorities' ability to combat serious crime such as drug trafficking, online sexual abuse of children and serious cyber intrusion, while also touching on the privacy of people whose devices could become subject to covert surveillance, in some cases even inside their own home.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
The question is whether the temporary law on secret data interception should continue to apply and be expanded to also help determine who may be suspected of a crime, or whether the proposal should be rejected in these respects.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee backs the government's proposal that the temporary law on secret data interception should continue to apply and that the possibility of using secret data interception to determine who may reasonably be suspected of a crime should be expanded, along with aligning the rules on surplus information with the code of judicial procedure, arguing that the evolving digital nature of crime and the use of encryption and anonymous services make the measures necessary and proportionate.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 1 (V)
The reservation (V) wants to reject the proposal to expand the use of secret data interception to determine who may be suspected of a crime, arguing that the measure - which includes letting authorities hack into phones and computers and activate their cameras, even inside someone's home - poses too great a risk of privacy intrusion against an indeterminate group of people; the reservation also wants to limit prosecutors' freedom to decide on the use of surplus information.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
V–
S–
MP–
C–
L–
KD–
M–
SD–
YesNoAbstainAbsent
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: adopting the government's legislative proposal and rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 1 by V.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
The plan's stance / Actual vote
AI
Vote
Confidence
Evidence
Vown reservation
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No 0/19/0/5
S
–
Yes 92/0/0/14
MP
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Yes 15/0/0/3
C
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Yes 20/1/0/3
L
–
Yes 12/0/0/4
KD
–
Yes 15/0/0/4
M
–
Yes 60/0/0/8
SD
–
Yes 63/0/0/9
Broke with the party line
CMartin Ådahl(C, Stockholms kommun)
No — party line: Yes
MPs whose vote differs from their party's majority position in this division. Marked with a dark ring in the chamber view.
Committee proposal
The Parliament adopts the Government's proposal for
1. law on amendment to the law (2000:562) on international legal assistance in criminal matters,
2. law on both continued validity of the law (2020:62) on secret data interception, and amendment to the same law,
3. law on amendment to the law (2020:62) on secret data interception,
4. law on amendment to the law (2024:326) on secret coercive measures for the purpose of implementing custodial penalties,
5. law on amendment to the law (2024:332) on amendment to the law (2024:326) on secret coercive measures for the purpose of implementing custodial penalties.
Thereby the Parliament approves proposition 2024/25:51 points 1-5 and rejects motion
2024/25:3271 by Gudrun Nordborg et al. (V) claims 4 and 5.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen antar regeringens förslag till
1. lag om ändring i lagen (2000:562) om internationell rättslig hjälp i brottmål,
2. lag om dels fortsatt giltighet av lagen (2020:62) om hemlig dataavläsning, dels ändring i samma lag,
3. lag om ändring i lagen (2020:62) om hemlig dataavläsning,
4. lag om ändring i lagen (2024:326) om hemliga tvångsmedel i syfte att verkställa frihetsberövande påföljder,
5. lag om ändring i lagen (2024:332) om ändring i lagen (2024:326) om hemliga tvångsmedel i syfte att verkställa frihetsberövande påföljder.
Därmed bifaller riksdagen proposition 2024/25:51 punkterna 1-5 och avslår motion
2024/25:3271 av Gudrun Nordborg m.fl. (V) yrkandena 4 och 5.
Riksdag decision: The Parliament said yes to the Government's proposal that secret data interception against serious crimes shall remain permitted. The proposal means that certain rules are clarified and in certain cases the possibility to use secret data interception is expanded.
The proposal means among other things:
The law shall apply without time limitation.
Secret data interception shall be permitted in more cases for the purpose of investigating who can reasonably be suspected of a crime.
The rules for which types of information may be collected shall be clarified.
The rules for the formulation of an authorization for secret data interception shall be clarified.
Surplus information that has emerged through secret data interception shall be permitted to be used for other purposes.
Legal security for the individual shall be strengthened. Among other things through improved opportunities for insight and supervision.
Current legislation ends on 31 March 2025. The law amendments are proposed to come into force on 1 April 2025.
The Parliament also said no to several motions, of which one proposal in a motion that was submitted during the general motion period 2024.
Counter-proposals
The counter-proposal wants to maintain strong privacy protections and restrictions on secret data reading. (V) — Reservation 1