expulsion had been met, but ultimately such matters concerned national and forefga policy and had to be left to the Government to decide, Since the legislation came thereby ruling out the possibility of an appeal. into force ia 1975 it had affected only 20 individuals who, in the view of the Furthermore, presumed Government, representad a threat to national security. terrorists could not be expelled to countries where they could face torture, death or similar treatment, aud propose16 had been made to strengthen the role of the courts in that regard. ff a presumed terrorist was allowed to remain the need for control would still in the country for humanitarian reasons, exist and the norm61 rules restricting telephone-tapping and searches could Expulsions other than those under the Act on Terrorists could not be applied. Where an appeal related to the asylum process or to the be appealed. withdrawal of 6 right, it could be directed to the highest instance, the Government. security 337. The Swedish Government had deemed person6 connected to the PKK organization to be potential terrorists, and as such to be extremely dangerous to Swedish society, particularly in view of the fact that two murder6 had been committed on Swedish territory and of their suspected involvement in other actions. Of the nine people Originally in the group, one was Serving a prison sentence, the expulsion orders on two other6 had been waived, and the remaining six had only to report once a week to the police. to DlTiy&y 338. In connection with that issue, member6 of the Committee wislhed to know whether the Parliamentary Committee that had been looking into guestions relating to the registration of personal information had iSEU6d a report and, if so, what the main conclusions and recommendation6 had been: whether any action haa been taken on the Data and Publicity Commission's proposal aimed at strengthening the protection of personal irtormation contained in computeri6ed files used in the health fieldt what measure6 were envisaged under the proposed legislation aimed at prohibiting the sale of personal information without the permission of Parliament and under proposal6 for regulating and limiting the use of personal identification number6 (PINS)! and what remedies were available in ca6es of interference with a citisen's privacy by means of data bank6 and electronic 6urveiUance. 339. In his reply, the representative of the State party said that the Parliamentary Committee dealing with th6 registration of personal information had delivered its report in June 1990 and had reconnnended, m, that it should be made easier for individuals to have access to personal fnformatfon and that decisions as to what information concerning a person was to be released should be taken by an independent board. The Data and Publicity Commission's report had resulted in the submission of a bill to Perliement to regulate the flow of information within municipal and county health-care systems for statistical, research and administrative purposes. The Government considered that under the existing provisions the sale of personal information was ruled out except as specifically authorised by law or agreed to by the Government and had proposed that the Data Act ehould be clarified to avoid misunderstandings. It had also been proposed that PINS could be included in a file only under certain circumstance6 , such as when careful identification of the registered person was necessary. -83-