News | Digital and population data services agency

Ready-made materials for teachers in the Suomi.fi Web Service – especially suitable for teaching social studies

30.8.2022

The material has been produced jointly by lower secondary school teachers and the Digital and Population Data Services Agency. Specifically designed for the teaching of lower secondary school...

Changes to reminders sent by Suomi.fi Messages about unread messages

24.8.2022

For other unread messages, the service will remind the recipient after seven days. Going forward, Suomi.fi Messages will also remind users of welcome and error messages sent by the system. Error...

The Digital and Population Data Services Agency will continue its long-term work for a more streamlined Finland under the leadership of Janne Viskari

11.8.2022

– It is highly motivating to continue in the management of the agency, in a situation where Finland is the leading country in the EU's digital comparison. Our task is to keep Finland at the...

Digital and Population Data Services Agency’s service location in Tampere is moving – Exceptions to in-person services during the move 29.-30.6.2022

14.6.2022

Our telephone services and e-services will serve customers as normal during the whole move process. The new facilities for in-person services will open on 1 July. – book an appointment to make your...

Case: Suomi.fi e-Authorizations enabled OP to develop real-time services for corporate clients

6.6.2022

OP is the first Finnish bank that has introduced Suomi.fi e-Authorizations and has been able to use it to create services for its corporate clients. Offering these services in real-time and...

Customer story: Smoother services and more efficient cooperation between authorities – Tax Administration can get help from Suomi.fi Data Exchange Layer also for investigating tax fraud

30.5.2022

Real-time exchange of information between Finland and Estonia has been the aim of the Tax Administration for a long time. The Data Exchange Layer made it possible in 2021. Information has been...

Nordic and Baltic countries are jointly examining the potential for machine translation to facilitate cross-border daily life

23.5.2022

One of the challenges highlighted in the baseline study report concerned the fact that legislative data and details of study record are inadequately available in languages other than the official...

You can check your address details electronically

18.5.2022

Check your address details in the Population Information System https://www.suomi.fi/your-data/personal-data. If your address details need to be corrected, submit a notification of move at...

Case: New interface brings data from Population Information System automatically to City of Helsinki’s SAP system – considerable savings to working hours

9.5.2022

Photo: City of Helsinki The City of Helsinki has implemented the new PIS modified data interface service (VTJ-muutosrajapinta), which has made the updating of the SAP customer register more...

A change to online transactions for unemployed people - the new Suomi.fi guide is here to help all unemployed people navigate the changes to unemployment services in Finland

4.5.2022

The new guide for unemployed people is available on the Suomi.fi Web Service and contains up-to-date information on the changes to employment services. The guide provides tailored advice by...

The Digital and Population Data Services Agency's service location in Turku is closed to in-person services on Tuesday 3 May 2022

22.4.2022

Our telephone services and electronic services will serve customers as usual. Please note that most matters do not require you to visit the Digital and Population Data Services Agency in person and...

Digital and Population Data Services Agency’s service location in Kouvola is moving – Exceptions to in-person services during the move

21.4.2022

The service location will therefore be closed from Wednesday, 27 April to Friday, 29 April 2022. The in-person customer services of the Agency in Kouvola will still be open by appointment on...

DVV is seeking a remote digital identity identification solution provider

4.4.2022

In order to find a provider of the remote identification solution, DVV has initiated the procurement and published it in the HILMA service. The procurement is related to the digital identity...

New solutions for digital identity improve opportunities to make use of Suomi.fi services

1.4.2022

The development work will produce both a digital proof of identity that works through a mobile application and also a solution that enables more reliable identification of foreigners. An...

Digihumaus report 2022: The authorities' possibilities of processing and solving matters only digitally should be increased

1.4.2022

“We should increase the degree of automation and enable more extensive automated decision-making while solving the related issues of responsibility and legal protection at the same time....

Ukrainian government's cyber security developer Merle Maigre's interview on 28 March 2022 – main lessons learned about digital security and preparedness

24.3.2022

Merle Maigre (right) from Estonian e-Governance Academy and Kimmo Rousku (left) from the Finnish Digital Agency discussing digital security and preparedness What kind of experiences Merle Maigre...

The customer service of the Digital and Population Data Services Agency has become faster thanks to an additional appropriation

15.3.2022

– Demand for these services will likely increase further in the future as the age structure of Finland changes. Over the past ten years, the number of guardianships has increased by 24%, and the...

Market consultation on identification tokens lays the foundation for a digital identity solution – respond to a request for information

10.3.2022

The Digital and Population Data Services Agency is working with the Finnish Police to develop a solution for reforming digital identities as part of a project by the Ministry of Finance. The...

Finland is actively involved in the preparation of the European Digital Identity Wallet – the proposal for technical architecture can now be commented on

8.3.2022

The Commission has set up a working group (Toolbox Group). The aim of the working group is to produce technical specifications and preconditions that Wallet solutions and other related services...

Digital and Population Data Services Agency invites you to join the development of new digital identity solutions

2.3.2022

Companies and organisations can now sign up to participate in developing and testing the application. – We encourage all actors whose in-person or online services require identification to prepare...