1.    Data controller

The Finnish National Agency for Education (Opetushallitus)

P.O. Box 380, 00531 Helsinki, Finland. 
kirjaamo(at)oph.fi, opetushallitus(at)oph.fi, +358 29 533 1000 (switchboard)

Head of information management Jyrki Tuohela
tietosuoja(at)oph.fi, + 358 29 533 1000 (switchboard)


2.    Purpose of the filing system and legal basis for processing personal data

 

Purpose

Legal basis for processing personal data
Decision-making about recognition of professional qualifications  Act on the Recognition of Professional Qualifications 1384/2015
Decree on the Recognition of Professional Qualifications 1459/2015
Decision-making about recognition of the eligibility provided by higher education studies completed abroad Act on Eligibility for Public Posts Provided by Higher Education Studies Completed Abroad 1385/2015 
Decision-making about sufficient studies for teaching in a foreign language or for teaching based on a specific pedagogical system

Teaching Qualifications Decree 986/1998, section 21

 


3.    Recipients of personal data

Personal data provided in the application and appendices is processed by officials who work in the Finnish National Agency for Education.
The Finnish National Agency for Education provides data on recognition decisions to the Statistics Finland annually. 

 

4.    Retention of data

The Finnish National Agency for Education keeps the data provided in applications for 60 years.
Information about processed applications are removed from the Study Info -system once a year.

 

5.    Rights of the registered

A registered person has the right to access his/her personal data, to review his/her data, to demand rectification of data and to limit the processing of his/her data.
A registered person has the right to complain to the supervisory authority (the Data Protection Ombudsman), if he/she suspects a violation in the handling of personal data.