Make the necessary blocks

Once your personal data has been leaked online or ended up in criminal hands, it may be used to commit identity theft or fraud.

However, you can prevent abuse yourself by means of blocks. Consider prohibitions especially when your personal identity code is leaked.

You can place a voluntary credit ban in the Tax Administration's Positive credit register. The Tax Administration's service is free of charge. 

Two companies offer self-imposed credit bans as a paid service:

• Suomen Asiakastieto’s Oma luottokielto (self-imposed credit ban, page available in Finnish)Opens in a new window.
• Bisnode’s Oma luottokielto (self-imposed credit ban, page available in Finnish).Opens in a new window.

In the Tax Administration's Positive credit register you can give consent that information on your voluntary ban on credits may be disclosed to the above mentioned companies.

A guardian may impose a contact information disclosure ban on a minor.   

Here's how to do it:  

• Fill in the Personal Data Non-Disclosure Form of the Digital and Population Data Services Agency (pdf) (in Finnish)Opens in a new window.. Please note that both guardians' signatures are required on the form. If your child is over 15 years old, he or she must also sign the form.   
• Submit the form to the DPA either by encrypted e-mail or by post.  

Children over 15 years of age can also impose the disclosure of information on Suomi.fi if they can authenticate themselves, for example with a bank account or mobile certificate.   

Read more on prohibiting the disclosure of information (in Finnish) Opens in a new window.

If it is necessary to apply the Block a notification of move service for a child under the age of 15,  the guardians are recommended to apply the block service to their own data. When the child's guardian has implemented a block on a notification of move for themselves, the move of a child under the age of 15 cannot be processed without hearing the guardian.

A person under the age of 15 may also apply for the application of the Block a notification of move service, but this will require the written consent of both guardians and a visit to the Digital and Population Data Services Agency's service location by at least one guardian. The cancellation of a block on a notification of move also requires a visit to a service location.

A person aged 15 or over can block a notification of move on their own behalf electronically, if they have have the means for strong identification, such as online banking codes or a mobile certificate. A block on a notification of move submitted electronically takes effect immediately. A person aged 15 or over may also block a notification of move on site at the Digital and Population Data Services Agency, in which case the block will enter into force with a delay. A person aged 15 or over can also cancel the Block on a notification of move service.

It is possible that someone could use your personal data to obtain your tax refund from the Tax Administration to their bank account. However, you can prevent this in the Tax Administration's MyTax service.

In MyTax, you can mark in your information that it is only possible to change your account number in MyTax service, when you have logged in with your banking codes, mobile certificate or certificate card. This way, no one can use a paper form to notify the Tax Administration of a change to your account number.

Read more about changing of account number on the Tax Administration's website.Opens in a new window.