Swedish Tax Authority Taken to Court by Bitcoin Exchange over ‘Extremely Intrusive’ Data Request

By March 25, 2015Bitcoin Business

Swedish bitcoin exchange BTCX, has been requested by the local Tax Authority to disclose transaction history of the company’s 20,000 customers. The exchange is taking the Swedish Tax Authority to court, arguing that by doing so, all its clients’ identities would be disclosed.

The tax agency has requested BTCX to disclose information about customers’ buying and selling of bitcoins, partly to get information about how many bitcoins are bought and sold, reported local media outlet […]

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