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FIN-1999-L-73914
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Title_of_text
Personal Data Act (523/1999).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Finland
Subjects (Classification)
General provisions; Human rights
Adopted on (Date of text)
1999
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Original title
Henkilötietolaki
Abstract/Citation
Provisions intended to protect the private life and other basic rights which safeguard the right to privacy. Deals with the processing of personal data (Chapter 2), sensitive data and personal identity number (Chapter 3), processing of personal data for special purposes (Chapter 4), transfer of personal data to outside the European Union (Chapter 5), data subject's rights (Chapter 6), data security and storage of personal data (Chapter 7), notification to the Data Protection Ombudsman (Chapter 8), and direction and supervision of the processing of personal data (Chapter 9).
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
1999-06-01
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Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
2007-05-11 (FIN-2007-L-79775)
Act (No. 528 of 2007) amending the Personal Data Act (523/1999).
Related Text region
Related text(s)
2009-03-13 (FIN-2009-L-87524)
Act (126/2009) amending the Act on the Protection of Privacy in Working Life (759/2004).
Related text(s)
2010-05-14 (FIN-2010-L-89240)
Act (352/2010) on the application of EU legislation on the Coordination of Social Security Systems.
Related text(s)
2011-06-17 (FIN-2011-L-90578)
Act (746/2011) on the Reception of Persons Seeking International Protection.
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Unofficial English Translation
Author
Ministry of Labour
Publisher
Finlex
Country
Finland
URL
http://www.finlex.fi/en/laki/kaannokset/1999/en19990523.pdf
File
FIN73914 English.pdf (PDF)
Electronic source title
Acts on-line in Finnish and Swedish
Author
FINLEX
Publisher
Ministry of Justice
Country
Finland
URL
http://www.finlex.fi/
File
FIN73914 Finnish.pdf (PDF in Finnish [as amended])