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Welcome to the Digital First project’s communicator meeting on 13 January 2026
Categories: Publication date:10.12.2025This change may result in customers asking for help, and public administration organisations should prepare communications about it. Join us to hear and talk about the upcoming change and the...
Support for organisations in the activation of Suomi.fi Messages – sign up for support clinics held in spring 2026
Categories: Publication date:8.12.2025At the Suomi.fi Messages support clinics, we provide up-to-date information on Suomi.fi Messages to public administration organisations and help them with technical and administrative issues...
Digital mail sent by authorities is now surer to reach you – you’ll get a notification when you identify yourself in authorities’ e-services
Categories: Publication date:2.12.2025- Suomi.fi Messages already notifies users of new messages. You’ll get a notification of a new electronic message to the e-mail address you have entered for Suomi.fi Messages. If you are using the...
Changes to DVV's service locations: several cities transition to remote service on 1 December
Categories: Publication date:28.11.2025Alongside in-person visits, the Digital and Population Data Services Agency has offered remote service in these cities since 1 September. In the future, the agency will only offer customer service...
Digital First briefings for digital support providers and the authorities’ customer service personnel in 2025 and 2026
Categories: Publication date:18.11.2025The briefing will cover topical issues related to the transition to prioritising digital official mail in Finland in 2026. We will not go through the basics of the change in the event, only...
Population Information System update to be reflected in the population number of Finland the day after tomorrow
Categories: Publication date:18.11.2025In the Population Information System, people with unknown residence refers to those who still have a municipality of residence in Finland but whose place of residence has been unknown to the...
Official mail becomes electronic – learn more in webinars in January 2026
Categories: Publication date:17.11.2025The webinars will cover the basics of the change: how official mail will change, what the change will mean, when the change will take place, who the change applies to, how a person can return to...
Does your organisation use Suomi.fi Messages? Migration to Suomi.fi Messages REST API must be carried out during 2026
Categories: Publication date:11.11.2025If your organisation is about to start using Suomi.fi Messages at the end of 2025, the connection must be made directly to the REST API. This way, you will not need to change the connection...
Do you act on behalf of another person or company? Make these changes in Suomi.fi Messages during 2025!
Categories: Publication date:11.11.2025Previously, only the primary email address of the mailbox owner required verification, but as of 11 November 2025, the email addresses of another person or organisation attached to the mailbox must...
Please update your address information if you have a permanent address in both Finland and Estonia
Categories: Publication date:10.11.2025Report your address to us now Check your address in the Finnish and Estonian population registers. If you only have a permanent address in the population register of one of the two countries,...
Cyber and digital security exercise Taisto prepares hundreds of organisations on how to deal with the threats of the AI era
Categories: Publication date:20.10.2025“This year’s Digital Security Barometer revealed that 49% of Finns are concerned about the preparedness of Finnish society for dealing with cyberattacks and digital scams. An extensive exercise...
Data Protection Ombudsman reprimands Digital and Population Data Services Agency
Categories: Publication date:16.10.2025The reprimanded action took place in 2022. According to the decision, the DPDSA should have prepared a specifying data protection document entitled ‘transfer impact assessment’, or TIA. Absence of...
By the end of 2025 people may only have a permanent address in one country - 12,000 persons currently have an address in both Finland and Estonia
Categories: Publication date:13.10.2025The Finnish and Estonian authorities will go through the list of persons with overlapping addresses in early 2026 and send a request for clarification to these persons. These people will be asked...
Communication with authorities will become digital – Communication material available for public administration organisations
Categories: Publication date:10.10.2025In 2026, when legislation on the digital priority of official mail comes into force, Suomi.fi Messages will be activated for all adults who use digital services and who have not yet activated this...
From the beginning of 2026, mail from the authorities will primarily arrive electronically – the change will affect about two million people
Categories: Publication date:9.10.2025Since May 2025, users have been prompted to activate Suomi.fi Messages when they identify themselves in a public authority's e-services, and more than 2.2 million people are currently using...
Digital Identity Wallet will add efficiency and security to Finnish daily life - New app to be introduced at the end of 2026
Categories: Publication date:8.10.2025The European Digital Identity Wallet will be developed as part of the implementation of the European Union’s amended eIDAS Regulation under the guidance of the Ministry of Finance. The wallet...
Digital Security Barometer 2025: Finns trust the authorities, but are worried about digital scams and cyber threats
Categories: Publication date:8.10.2025According to the results, 38% of the respondents feel that their trust in digital security has weakened, while it has remained unchanged among more than one half (51%) of the respondents. Only 11%...
Changes to Suomi.fi e-Authorizations: Easier management of financial affairs for persons under guardianship and who have granted a continuing power of attorney
Categories: Publication date:1.10.2025Guardians and attorneys are no longer required to apply for a mandate to manage financial affairs Until now, invalidating mandates or granting new mandates has required a separate mandate...
Easier management of financial affairs for persons under guardianship and who have granted a continuing power of attorney
Categories: Publication date:1.10.2025Guardians and attorneys are no longer required to apply for a mandate to manage financial affairs Until now, granting new mandates, invalidating mandates, or examining existing ones has required a...
Welcome to Digital First project’s meeting for communication professionals on 8 October 2025
Categories: Publication date:11.9.2025Join us to hear and talk about the upcoming change in early 2026 at a Digital First project meeting for communicators on Wednesday, 8 October 2025 at 14:00–16:00! We will publish a material kit in...
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