- What is personal data?
- Legislation
- Frequently asked questions
- Scientific research and data protection
- Defining the research scheme and purpose for processing personal data
- Minimisation of personal data
- Lifespan of personal data processing, data protection principles and the protection of data
- Choosing the processing basis and ensuring its lawfulness
- Rights of the data subject in scientific research
- Roles and responsibilities for processing personal data
- Transfer of data abroad
- Accountability in scientific research
- Destruction, anonymisation or archiving of data
- The researcher’s data protection expertise
The researcher’s data protection expertise
Data protection tools are a necessary part of the researcher’s work and competence. Compliance with data protection regulations builds trust and lays the groundwork for future research.
Data protection regulations are an important area in the professional competence of any researcher processing personal data. Data processed in a study can reveal highly sensitive information about the research subjects. Researchers must be worthy of the research subject’s trust and update their data protection competencies on a regular basis.
General information on data protection is available on the Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman’s website. You can keep up with the latest news from the Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman by subscribing to the Office’s newsletter (in Finnish).
The Data Protection Ombudsman’s most important decisions are published on Finlex (in Finnish).