Ickekontakta

Ickekontakta is a Swedish term that describes a directive or policy to refrain from contacting someone. It is a compound built from icke-, meaning not, and kontakta, to contact. The expression is used informally in everyday language and formally in administrative contexts to indicate that communication with a particular person or group should be avoided.

The term is not a single formal legal instrument in all cases. In legal settings, a more precise instrument may be used, such as ett kontaktförbud (a contact prohibition) or protective orders issued by a court. In administrative or organizational records, ickekontakta can function as a flag or instruction within case management, customer databases, or correspondence systems to ensure that staff do not initiate contact through specified channels (phone, mail, email, or digital messaging).

Common contexts include personal boundaries after a breakup or in situations involving harassment or safety concerns, where individuals or authorities want to ensure that communication is halted. It can also appear in marketing or customer-relations contexts to indicate a person’s preference not to receive outreach, a practice increasingly regulated under privacy and data-protection rules such as GDPR.

Implementation considerations include clearly defining the scope (which person, which channels, for how long) and ensuring that the no-contact instruction is communicated to relevant parties and enforced consistently in information systems. Related terms include kontaktförbud, do-not-contact lists, and do-not-call registries.