Non-disclosure of personal information

You can prohibit the disclosure of your data from the Population Information System on the personal data page when you identify yourself in Suomi.fi.

You can prohibit the disclosure of your data for:

• direct marketing (including market research and opinion polls)
• public registers
• genealogical research
• customer register updates.

Information can still be disclosed from the Population Information System for scientific research and purposes provided by law, such as official duties and banking.

Private address is not a category that is used in the Population Information System. You can prohibit the disclosure of your personal information for certain purposes, but it is not possible to prohibit the disclosure of information for all purposes.

If you have a non-disclosure of contact details in the Population Information System, your address will not be released from the Address service of the Digital and Population Data Services Agency or from other similar services that provide address or contact details using information from the Population Information System. However, a non-disclosure of contact details does not prevent the disclosure of information from the Population Information System for statutory purposes such as official duties or banking.

The non-disclosures of personal information in the Population Information System also do not prevent information from being released from other personal data registers. For example, if you do not want your personal data to be disclosed from the register of the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom, submit a separate non-disclosure of personal information to Traficom.

Remember, that if you have not prohibited your mobile phone operator from disclosing your information, your address will also appear in commercial directory assistance. You can prevent your contact information from appearing in directory assistance through your operator. Most operators provide a web service in which you can modify the settings of your mobile phone subscription. When you change your subscription, remember to submit the non-disclosure again even if your phone number remains the same.

You can restrict direct marketing to your address by submitting a non-disclosure of personal information to the Data & Marketing Association of Finland. A fee is charged for the service.

You cannot submit a non-disclosure of your phone number to the Population Information System because no phone numbers are stored in the system.

You can list your phone number as private through your mobile phone operator. Most operators provide a web service in which you can modify the settings of your mobile phone subscription and prevent your information from appearing in commercial directory assistance. When you change your subscription, remember to submit the non-disclosure again.

You can restrict telemarketing by submitting a non-disclosure of personal information to the Data & Marketing Association of Finland or Suomen Telemarkkinointiliitto ry. A fee is charged for the services.

If you have a justified reason to suspect that your own safety or the safety of your family is threatened, you can apply for a non-disclosure for personal safety reasons from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency. You can also apply for a non-disclosure for personal safety reasons for your family members at the same time.

When your non-disclosure for personal safety reasons is valid, information about your address, place of residence and municipality of residence from the Population Information System can only be disclosed to authorities that may process information subject to the non-disclosure. These authorities have the duty to ensure that they do not disclose your personal data to third parties when they process them.

Instructions for applying and more detailed information on the impacts of a non-disclosure for personal safety reasons are available on the Digital and Population Data Services Agency’s websiteOpens in a new window..

Companies and other communities may order a customer register update as a data service product from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency’s partners. The company or other community can itself make the decision on whether it uses the service or not.

If you are a customer of a company that does not update its customer register with information from the Population Information System, you must inform the company of your up-to-date information yourself. You can check the list of companies that update their customer register with information from the Population Information System on the Digital and Population Data Services Agency’s website (in Finnish)Opens in a new window..

Changed personal data is transmitted from the Population Information System to other authorities. There may be a delay in the transmission of the data to registers. The delay is usually caused by the time required for recording the data and the system owned by the authority receiving the data. If the data has not been received by the authorities within a couple of months, contact the Digital and Population Data Services Agency.

Changed personal data can always be disclosed to be used by authorities even if you have made a non-disclosure of customer register update for the Population Information System.

Also note that the email address saved in the Population Information System is not automatically updated in other official e-services, such as MyTax. When you change your email address, you have to update it to all the e-services you use.

You can remove a non-disclosure of personal data and allow the disclosure of your data on the Suomi.fi personal data page. You can also remove your non-disclosure for personal safety reasons on the page if you are an adult.