What is Findata? Findata is the Finnish Social and Health Data Permit Authority, established in 2019. Findata operates in connection with the Finnish... Read more What is Findata?
Can individuals be identified from the data? Before individual-level data obtained under a data permit is released to the permit holder, Findata processes it in a way... Read more Can individuals be identified from the data?
For what purposes can social and health data be used? The secondary use of social and health data is only permitted for purposes defined by law, such as: Different types... Read more For what purposes can social and health data be used?
What types of data can be used with a permit from Findata? Permits granted by Findata cover register-based data from Finnish social and healthcare services. This refers to data generated when people... Read more What types of data can be used with a permit from Findata?
Can anyone get a permit to use social and health data? Anyone may apply for a permit, but it is only granted for the purposes defined in law and for projects... Read more Can anyone get a permit to use social and health data?
Which laws regulate the secondary use of health and social data in Finland? The secondary use of health and social data is governed by several laws that safeguard privacy and define the conditions... Read more Which laws regulate the secondary use of health and social data in Finland?
What are the benefits of secondary use? Combining register data on a large number of people makes it possible to produce knowledge that individual patient records cannot... Read more What are the benefits of secondary use?
How is Findata’s operation supervised? Several authorities supervise Findata’s operation to ensure that the granting of data permits and the processing of data are carried... Read more How is Findata’s operation supervised?
Publishing results from other secure processing environments Note: Results exported from Statistics Finland’s Fiona remote processing environment after 18 March 2025 do not need to be submitted... Read more Publishing results from other secure processing environments
Publishing results from Kapseli The data is processed within the Kapseli environment, and only the final analysis results are published. The permit holder produces... Read more Publishing results from Kapseli
