Findata grants permits for the use of register-based data collected from various sources. This refers to information stored in registers maintained by public authorities, private service providers or other data processors.
Information about every Finnish resident is collected in different social and healthcare registers. In Finland, this data can be used for secondary purposes – for example, research aimed at improving public health and wellbeing.
We grant permits when data is needed from several public data controllers, private operators, Findata’s ready-made datasets or from the Kanta Services. Some data controllers have authorised Findata to issue permits on their behalf.
All permits comply with the data minimisation principle under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): a permit can only be granted for data that is clearly and justifiably necessary for the stated purpose.
Before any data is released, it is pseudonymised. This means that directly identifying information – such as names or personal identity codes – is removed or replaced with a unique code, so that individuals cannot be directly identified.
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