Who can view my data?
Your responses can be seen at Statistics Finland only by those employees who compile statistics based on the responses. Your data will be treated as strictly confidential and we will ensure your data protection at all stages of the production of the statistics. Every person employed by Statistics Finland has signed a pledge of secrecy.
We publish statistics in the manner that the responses of individual persons cannot be identified from the data.
I do not want to participate because I am afraid that you will hand over my information to the tax authority or other authorities
Your responses are confidential. We never release your responses for administrative decision-making, investigation, surveillance, legal proceedings or similar purposes, such as to the Tax Administration or the Social Insurance Institution of Finland.
We never hand over or sell your contact information outside Statistics Finland.
From where has Statistics Finland obtained my contact information?
The contact details of individual respondents are the address, email and telephone number as well as corresponding information in the names of members of the same household. The data derive from the population Information System and from those authorities from which data are obtained based on the Statistics Act. In addition, contact details are obtained from public sources, such as telephone operators.
Statistics Finland is also entitled to receive for surveys the contact information of
persons who have a ban on direct marketing.
