For media

If the information to be delivered in the sampling for journalistic purposes contains personal data (e.g. names, addresses), you must apply for a customer-specific data access authorisation. For example, this includes contact details for interviewing persons with milestone birthdays in a newspaper’s delivery area. Based on the application for data access authorisation, a one-off authorisation or a continuous authorisation may be granted. An order submitted on the basis of a continuous authorisation will be delivered within about 5 days.

You can obtain a customer-specific data access authorisation through our partners. Read more about our partners here (in Finnish). For enquiries about the price of sampling work ordered from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency’s partners, contact the partners directly.

You can also apply directly to the Digital and Population Data Services Agency for a data access authorisation. The processing time for an authorisation is currently at least 2–4 weeks. In this case, contact the Digital and Population Data Services Agency’s Communications Department ([email protected] or +358 295 535 060).

When the sampling for journalistic purposes has been ordered directly from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency, the price of the work is formed as follows: €70/beginning hour + €0.02 €/data unit + €7 invoicing fee (VAT 0%).

If the required information does not include personal data in which individual persons can be directly identified (e.g. it only contains the number of people), contact the Data Services Agency’s Communications Department ([email protected] or +358 295 535 060). We will determine the feasibility, extent and delivery schedule of the request together.

The price of data sampling work for journalistic purposes is formed as follows: €70/beginning hour + €0.02 €/data unit + €7 invoicing fee (VAT 0%). The amount of work and the price based on it is estimated in connection with the order.

Think about the following matters before submitting the data sampling request

• subject of the data request
• the time period on which you need the data
• restrictions (e.g. geographical area)
• classifications (e.g. age group, gender)
• the required form of the data (e.g. number of persons, percentages)
• timetable
• the media publishing the information
• email address for delivering the information
• invoicing details.

Example: You are writing an article on the occurrence of the name Pietari in Pietarsaari in different times.

• Subject: Occurrence of the name Pietari
• Time period: 1900–2020
• Restrictions: In Pietarsaari, as first given name
• Form: number per decade, men/women separately for gender-neutral names
• Timetable: The article will be published in two weeks’ time
• Media
• Address: [email protected]
• Invoicing details

Example: You are writing an article on couples who got married on a leap day

• Subject: Couples married on a leap day
• Time period: previous 3 leap days
• Restrictions: still married
• Form: number of couples, not persons
• Timetable: not determined
• Media
• Address: [email protected]