LEK
Swedish act SFS 2022:482, in force since 2022-06-03: Lag om elektronisk kommunikation. The responsible authority is Post- och telestyrelsen. The act is tied to EU legislation.
Share this page
Register
- Reference
- SFS 2022:482
- In force
- 2022-06-03
- Responsible authority
- Post- och telestyrelsen
- Area
- Data protection and cybersecurity
- EU legislation
- Genomför direktiv (EU) 2018/1972 om en europeisk kodex för elektronisk kommunikation
- Read date
- 2026-09-10
Official text
Preparatory works
- Prop. 2021/22:136Genomförande av direktivet om inrättande av en kodex för elektronisk kommunikation
- SOU 2021:97En säker och tillgänglig statlig e-legitimation
Regulations
- PTSFS 2022:12Föreskrifter om säkerhet i nät och tjänster
Questions resting on the act
- Does a small Swedish company need a data protection officer?GDPR (EU) 2016/679 Article 37, read together with the Swedish Data Protection Act (2018:218)
- How quickly must a personal data breach be reported in Sweden?GDPR (EU) 2016/679 Articles 33 and 34
- When is consent required for cookies and trackers in Sweden?Electronic Communications Act (2022:482) chapter 9 section 28, read with GDPR (EU) 2016/679 Article 7
Supervision
Other acts in the same area
- NIS-lagen · SFS 2018:1174
- Dataskyddslagen · SFS 2018:218
- Kamerabevakningslagen · SFS 2018:1200
- Kreditupplysningslagen · SFS 1973:1173
Swedish law
Next step
Three ways to put the register to work in your own practice.
Start with your task
Litigation
Find support in a judgment
Search guiding decisions, see what became final and follow changes in the law.
In-house, deals
Map the rules in a transaction
Move from theme to act and on to the article that carries the duty.
Compliance
Assess the risk in a process
Risk scoring per legal area, with the sources behind every score.