Safety ban

Security restrictions are regulated by the Act on the Population Information System and the Certification Services of the Population Register Centre (661/2009). According to Section 36 of the Act, a security restriction may be entered in the Population Information System upon application if there are justified and obvious reasons to suspect that the health or safety of the person or their family is at risk. Security restrictions are granted by the Digital and Population Data Services Agency.

A security restriction is an exceptional security measure that restricts the disclosure of a person’s address, place of residence and municipality of residence from the population information system only to authorities that have the right to process information subject to security restrictions. A security restriction is a restriction on the disclosure of a person’s municipality of residence, place of residence, address or other contact details in accordance with the Population Information Act.

Information subject to a security restriction refers to information whose processing must be restricted due to a valid security restriction. A security restriction is valid for a maximum of five years from the date of its imposition and may be extended by decision of the Digital and Population Data Services Agency for two years at a time. For special reasons, a security restriction may also be marked as valid until further notice. 

The security restriction covers the home municipality, place of residence, address and contact details stored for the person in the population information system.

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