Estonia Says “Not So Fast” to Private Sex Offender Registries

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Source: news.err.ee 6/19/26

The Data Protection Inspectorate (AKI) is demanding that the website ettevaatust.ee remove criminals’ names, photos and references to court rulings. The agency finds that the site amounts to an unauthorized privately run criminal records database.

The website ettevaatust.ee, created by the nonprofit organization Ettevaatust, compiles profiles of sex offenders and perpetrators of domestic violence, allowing users to view offenders’ details along with direct links to the criminal records database.

AKI ordered the practice to stop, saying the site effectively functions as an alternative criminal records database.

“A criminal records database — this resembles a criminal records database more than anything else — may only be maintained by the state or under state supervision,” said Pille Lehis, the agency’s director general.

Justice Minister Liisa Pakosta (Eesti 200) said the website creates a misleading impression of being comprehensive.

“There are 6,400 people who are permanently banned from working with or having contact with children. In addition, another 5,000…

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