Everyone has the right to their personal data, including the right to object to the processing of their data. Once you submit an objection request, Findata will no longer disclose your data for secondary use.
- The objection is valid indefinitely from the date it is processed.
- The objection is not retroactive: your data will not be removed from data resources that have already been disclosed to permit holders before the objection was submitted.
- You can submit the objection request via Findata’s e-service, by post or by visiting the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) in person.
Instructions on how to exercise your rights: Your data rights
Please note that an objection submitted to Findata does not prevent other data controllers listed in the Act on the Secondary Use of Health and Social Data from disclosing your data for secondary purposes.
There is currently no centralised system in Finland that would allow you to object to the secondary use of your data in a way that would be binding on all controllers. Therefore, objections must be submitted separately to each controller.
- Read more: What data do my rights cover?
- Information on data controllers and the contents of their registers: Data
- Guidance from the Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman on how to object to the use of your data: If you do not want your data processed (tietosuoja.fi)