Ensure the correct address for the data permit or amendment application.
Apply permit from the controller in question. The exception is those controllers who have delegated permit jurisdiction to Findata:
• Finnish Supervisory Authority
• Finnish Medicines Agency Fimea
• Wellbeing Services County of Eastern Uusimaa
• Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), excluding data requests for statistical data, its internal permit administration and the permit administration concerning the disclosure of samples and data transferred to THL Biobank
If you need data from these data controllers, submit your application to Findata.
In general, Findata processes data permit, data request and amendment applications whenever the data of data controllers covered by the Act on secondary use is combined. When evaluating the competent authority, all data related to the application under the Act must be taken into account.
Apply permit (s) from the controllers in question.
Findata is responsible for data permits of the Finnish Digital Agency (DVV), Finnish Centre for Pensions and / or Statistics Finland if the data are combined with
- data of other public organizations under the Act on Secondary Use of Health and Social Data
- data stored on Kanta services or
- to the register data of a private social or health care service provider.
You can apply for a permit from Findata.
We process applications and issue permit decisions when they concern:
- data from multiple public social and healthcare data controllers
- register data from one or more private social welfare or healthcare service providers
- data from data controllers that have transferred their decision-making authority
- Findata’s ready-made datasets, or
- data stored in the Kanta Services.
Apply permit from Findata.
The Finnish Supervisory Authority, and the Finnish Medicines Agency Fimea have transferred their permit authority under the Secondary Use Act to Findata.
Apply for a data permit
Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) has delegated the jurisdiction to Findata. As far as THL is concerned, the delegation of jurisdiction does not apply to
- data request for statistical data
- THL’s internal permit management
- the transfer of samples and data transferred to THL Biobank.
Permit is applied from Statistics Finland and the respective data controller. Exceptions are the registrars who have delegated the jurisdiction to Findata.
We are responsible for data permits for data subject to the Secondary Act of Statistics Finland when they are combined
- to the information of at least two public organizations covered by secondary laws
- to data stored in Kanta services or
- to the register data of a private social or healthcare service organizer.
You can apply for a permit from Findata.
We process applications and issue permit decisions when they concern:
- data from multiple public social and healthcare data controllers
- register data from one or more private social welfare or healthcare service providers
- data from data controllers that have transferred their decision-making authority
- Findata’s ready-made datasets, or
- data stored in the Kanta Services.
Please select at least one data controller or group.