What is Findata? Findata is the data permit authority for the social and health sector, established in 2019. Our operations are based on... Read more What is Findata?
Under what law are the data used? In Finland, the use of social and health data is regulated by several laws, such as: However, the secondary use... Read more Under what law are the data used?
What can the data be used for? The secondary use of social and health data is permitted only for certain purposes as specified in the Secondary Use... Read more What can the data be used for?
In what form can the data be used? We provide pseudonymized individual-level data based on a data permit. In pseudonymized data, names and personal identifiers are replaced with... Read more In what form can the data be used?
What data does Findata grant permits for? The permits granted by Findata include information extracted from various registers. Register data is information that is stored in a... Read more What data does Findata grant permits for?
Can anyone get a data permit for social and health data? The law does not specifically limit who can apply for a permit. However, Findata does not grant permits to just... Read more Can anyone get a data permit for social and health data?
Does Findata sell my data? Findata does not sell data. As a data permit authority, we grant time-limited permits for the secondary use of social... Read more Does Findata sell my data?
Can my data be transferred abroad? The majority of Findatas permits have been granted to Finnish projects. Under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), data... Read more Can my data be transferred abroad?
Can social and health data be used for marketing or other similar commercial purposes? Social and health data cannot be used for marketing or for determining individual commercial services, such as insurance premiums. Data... Read more Can social and health data be used for marketing or other similar commercial purposes?
How does the Secondary Use Act improve data protection? Social and health data have been used for secondary purposes in Finland for decades. Before the Secondary Use Act, permits... Read more How does the Secondary Use Act improve data protection?
