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  1. Data protection and processing of personal data Police work often involves processing personal data. The police has a statutory duty to ensure the security of personal data and the privacy of people’s information. The police only processes persona...
    https://poliisi.fi/en/data-protection-and-processing-of-personal-data
  2. General principles of personal data processing Controllers must, when processing personal data, respect the rights and freedoms of data subjects. The police has a statutory duty to ensure the security of personal data and the privacy of people’s i...
    https://poliisi.fi/en/processing-of-personal-data-by-the-police
  3. Reporting personal data breaches In order to strengthen the rights of data subjects, data protection laws require the controller to report personal data breaches in some circumstances. All processors of personal data have a duty to report any pers...
    https://poliisi.fi/en/data-breaches-and-reporting-them
  4. Right of access You have the right, barring a few exceptions, to find out what personal data of yours the police is processing. You also have the right to be told that the police does not hold any information about you. There is generally no charg...
    https://poliisi.fi/en/checking-personal-data
  5. Deletion and rectification of data You have the right to ask the controller to correct any inaccuracies in your data and to add any missing information. If you refute the accuracy of the information held about you, you can ask the controller to re...
    https://poliisi.fi/en/deletion-and-rectification-of-data
  6. Use of data held by the police for research purposes According to the Act on the Openness of Government Activities, the authorities can give researchers access to confidential documents for scientific purposes. This kind of access can be given for...
    https://poliisi.fi/en/use-of-data-for-research
  7. Rights of data subjects Under the GDPR, your rights include the right to receive transparent information about the way in which your personal data are processed, the right to access your data, the right to rectification, the right to erasure (‘rig...
    https://poliisi.fi/en/know-your-rights
  8. Passenger Name Record (PNR) The Passenger Name Record is an information system used by the Passenger Information Unit Finland (PIU) to collect, process and retain Passenger Name Record (PNR) data on flight passengers in line with the legislation. ...
    https://poliisi.fi/en/passenger-data-system
  9. 18.5.2026 | The police carried out an intensive street enforcement operation from 4 to 10 May 2026 targeting active drug sellers and dealers and intervened in their criminal activities as part of its narcotics crime prevention programme. The enforcement operation also produced an up-to-date situational picture of the drug situation in Finland.
    https://poliisi.fi/en/-/results-of-intensified-police-enforcement-operation-reflect-increasing-prevalence-of-cocaine-in-our-society
  10. Police en Newsroom Blog Information and open discussion are key factors in combatting online scams 22.4.2026 10.36 Blog Ring ring – the phone is ringing or a message arrives in your email or as a text message. It seems that the police, a bank or s...
    https://poliisi.fi/en/-/information-and-open-discussion-are-key-factors-in-combatting-online-scams
  11. Privacy statement; media service on the poliisi.fi/en website POL-2022-52112, ID-22504907, 29.7.2022 Controller National Police Board Postal address: PO Box 1000, FI-02151 ESPOO Visiting address: Vuorimiehentie 3, 02150 ESPOO Telephone: +358 (0)29...
    https://poliisi.fi/en/privacy-statement-media-service-on-the-poliisi-fi-en-website
  12. Privacy statement Media service portal Privacy statement Distribution of the Police newsletter Privacy statements of the police Purposes of processing specified in the Act on the Processing of Personal Data by the Police Processing of personal dat...
    https://poliisi.fi/en/privacy-statements-and-forms
  13. Forms This is where you find printable versions of our forms. Please follow the instructions on each form to find out whether to send your form to your local police department or the National Police Board and whether to use post or email. Most of ...
    https://poliisi.fi/en/forms
  14. Requesting a research permit Permission to use the police’s records for research purposes can be granted by an individual police department, the National Police Board, the National Bureau of Investigation or the Police University College. It is al...
    https://poliisi.fi/en/requesting-a-research-permit
  15. Privacy statement; Media notice, Media service portal Information to data subjects ID-18175972 (Privacy policy) 15 May 2018 POL-2018-17138 Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Article 12 and Article 13 ( data col...
    https://poliisi.fi/en/privacy-statement-media-service-portal
  16. Compliance with the accountability principle ‘Accountability’ refers to the controller’s obligation to be able to demonstrate compliance with the laws governing the processing of personal data. In order to satisfy the accountability requirement un...
    https://poliisi.fi/en/accountability
  17. Privacy statement; Distribution of the Police newsletter Information to data subjects ID-18175972 (Privacy policy) 15 May 2018 POL-2018-17138 Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Article 12 and Article 13 ( data ...
    https://poliisi.fi/en/privacy-statement-distribution-of-the-police-newsletter
  18. National Police Board as a controller ‘Controller’ means a natural or legal person, such as a public authority or a business, for the purposes of whom a specific personal data file is established or who is legally responsible for the filing system...
    https://poliisi.fi/en/national-police-board-as-controller
  19. Processing of requests for research permits The competent authority may, while reviewing a request for a research permit, ask the applicant to provide more information to help with the decision-making process. The police also has an internal consu...
    https://poliisi.fi/en/processing-of-requests-for-research-permits
  20. How to use the identity card When using your identity card, keep in mind that even young children need to have their own identity card. the information on the identify card must be up to date. If you change your name, you cannot use an identity ca...
    https://poliisi.fi/en/how-to-use-the-identity-card