Disclosure of location data received during the technical monitoring of
restraining order RISE/4826/2023

Legal basis: Section 20, subsection 4 of the Act on the Processing of Personal Data at the Prison and Probation Service

In force: 16 February 2024 until further notice

For: Prison and Probation Service

According to section 20, subsection 4 of the Act on the Processing of Personal Data at the Prison and Probation Service, notwithstanding the non-disclosure provisions, the Prison and Probation Service of Finland may, on request or on its own initiative, disclose to the police location data obtained in connection with the technical monitoring of a restraining order and other information relating to the person subject to the technically monitored restraining order or the person protected by the restraining order that is necessary for conducting a criminal investigation concerning a violation of the restraining order or another offence committed in connection with it. The decision on the disclosure of location data is made by the controller or an official of the Prison and Probation Service appointed by the controller. Pursuant to section 1, subsection 2, paragraph 6 of the Government Decree on the Prison and Probation Service, the controller is the Development and Guidance Department of the Prison and Probation Service.

The controller orders that the decisions on the disclosure of location data to the police referred to in section 20, subsection 4 of the Act on the Processing of Personal Data at the Prison and Probation Service are made by the public officials of the Prison and Probation Service working in the control centre for electronic monitoring.

The Regulations and Provisions Team of the Judicial Unit of the Prison and Probation Service provides further information.

Development and Guidance Department

Director Pauli Nieminen

Lawyer Heidi Lokasaari