May a company process a Finnish personal identity code?
A personal identity code may be processed only where unambiguous identification of the data subject is important for a statutory task or, for example, for credit, debt collection, insurance, employment or healthcare. The code must not be entered unnecessarily on printed or drafted documents.
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Source
- Source
- Finnish Data Protection Act, section 29
- Acts
- Finnish Data Protection Act
- Area
- Data protection
- Checked
- 2026-09-10
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