According to the Archive Act, the Swedish Transport Agency is required to preserve data in documents that constitute public documents under the Freedom of the Press Act. However, data may in some cases be destructed in accordance with the provisions of the Archive Act and the regulations issued pursuant to that Act. Details on which rules apply to which actions are contained in the National Archives' Regulations on Return and Destruction at the Swedish Transport Agency (RA-MS 2013:12), amended by RA-MS 2016: 39.

Provisions regarding the destruction of data in the Swedish Road Traffic Register are contained in the Swedish Road Traffic Register Regulation.