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Finnish Social and Health Data Permit Authority Findata

We grant permits for the secondary use of social and health care data and improve data protection for individuals. After granting the permit we compile, combine and pre-process it and offer tools for analysing.
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See which data controllers’ data are available, who grants the permits and where you can find data descriptions.
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Learn what your data is used for, what your rights under the GDPR are, and how we take care of your privacy.
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News

The Decree of Public Charges of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health on Findata’s prices for 2024 is now available for statements

13.11.2023
The prices of data permits and our services are based on the… Read more The Decree of Public Charges of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health on Findata’s prices for 2024 is now available for statements

Administrative court: the requirement for secure operating environments also applies to decisions on the renewal of old permits

09.11.2023
The Administrative Court of Eastern Finland has issued a decision in a… Read more Administrative court: the requirement for secure operating environments also applies to decisions on the renewal of old permits

Findata receives 2.5 million euros in EU funding

26.10.2023
EU is currently working on harmonised legislation on health data. Funding for… Read more Findata receives 2.5 million euros in EU funding

First ready-made dataset available!

The permit for our ready-made COVID-19 themed dataset can be applied more quickly, and without cost estimates or excerpts requested from the controller. Click here to read more.

Researchers analyse the patient and registry data of thousands of diabetics in order to improve their quality-of-life – around a third of type 1 diabetics suffer from kidney disease

12.05.2022
The FinnDiane follow-up study, which has been ongoing for more than 20 years, provides an overview of the causes of complications among type 1 diabetics. “We have been getting data from the same registers throughout nearly the whole project, so we need to get used to the new application method,” says the project’s Senior Researcher Valma Harjutsalo. Read more Researchers analyse the patient and registry data of thousands of diabetics in order to improve their quality-of-life – around a third of type 1 diabetics suffer from kidney disease

Applications received and decisions made in 2023, updated 27 November 2023

78

data permit applications

Share 2023: 30 %
In 2022: 126 pcs (47%)
Total: 559 pcs

146

amendement applications

Share 2023: 56 %
In 2022: 127 pcs (47%)
Total: 488 pcs

36

statistical data requests

Share 2023: 14 %
In 2022: 17 pcs (6%)
Total: 114 pcs

316

decisions

Positive: 82 %
Lapsed: 17 %
In 2022: 284 pcs
Total: 1038 pcs

Average total duration of application processing

Data permit: 4–6 months

from submitting an application to a permit decision

From submitting amendment application to permit: 2–6 weeks
From submitting data request to decision: 4–6 months

Data: 3–6 months

The delivery time of the data is affected by the number of data controllers and how many stages the data is collected.

Status of received applications

9

pre-process

23

in queue

71

in process

Application processing

Unfortunately we have a queue in processing data permit applications and data requests. Please see the estimated waiting times below.

You can see the total time estimate for an issued permit when you add up the waiting and processing times from the steps below. The processing time can vary a lot, as it is also affected by the response times of applicants and data controllers.

Data collection is done after a permit decision has been made, you can find more information about data processing on the Permits page. Also read how you can speed up the processing of your application.

8

in pre-screening

Estimated waiting times


Data permit applications: 5–10 days
Queue for personal guidance: 3–4 months

29

pending

Estimated waiting times

Data permit applications: 3–4 months
Amendment applications: 2 weeks
Data requests: 4–5 months

68

in process

Estimated processing times

Data permit applications: 3,5 months
Amendment applications: 2–5 weeks
Data requests: –