Finnish Data Protection Act enters into force after being “significantly delayed”

The Data Protection Act (1050/2018) entered into force, on 1 January 2019, following the Parliament of Finland’s approval on 13 November 2018.

The Act implements the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (‘GDPR’) into national law and repeals the Personal Data Act (523/1999), as well as the Law on the Data Protection Board and the Data Protection Commissioner (389/1994).

Full article: Finland: Data Protection Act enters into force after being “significantly delayed”