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
Advisory statements on Finnish qualifications and studies for international use Laki Opetushallituksesta 564/2016 (Act on the Finnish National Agency for Education)
 
Advisory statements on vocational qualifications completed abroad Laki Opetushallituksesta 564/2016 (Act on the Finnish National Agency for Education)

 


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.

 

4.    Retention of data

The Finnish National Agency for Education keeps the data provided in applications for 60 years.

 

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.