Digital and Population Data Services Agency highly recommends the use of strong electronic authentication services
2.11.2020 16:00:00 EET | Digi- ja väestötietovirasto | Press release
In this context, Digital and Population Data Services Agency has also examined its own activities. Until now, Digital and Population Data Services Agency has received and processed notifications received through the eroakirkosta.fi website. This service does not use strong authentication. The operating method of the Digital and Population Data Services Agency has been in accordance with the policy issued by the Parliamentary Ombudsman.
In the future, Digital and Population Data Services Agency recommends that those who resign from a religious community make these notifications directly in the Digital and Population Data Services Agency’s online service using strong authentication.
Digital and Population Data Services Agency has also contacted the persons in charge of the eroakirkosta.fi website and highlighted the risks of a channel that works without strong authentication.
Other publications of the Digital and Population Data Services Agency related to the Psychotherapy Center Vastaamo case:
Questions and answers for victims of identity theft or data leak
Blog in Finnish: Henkilötunnusten väärinkäyttö ei lopu niitä muuttamalla
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Digital and Population Data Services Agency (The Finnish Digital Agency)
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (The Finnish Digital Agency) promotes the digitalisation of society, secures the availability of information and provides services related to customers’ life events.
The Digital and Population Data Services Agency (The Finnish Digital Agency) sees to the maintenance of the Population Information System, which is the foundation for our society, and to the digitalisation of society. The agency’s tasks include civil marriages, name and address changes, guardianship and administrative guardianship, maintenance of the Population Information System, development of solutions for electronic identification, as well as the development and maintenance of centralised support services for e-services. E-service support services include the Suomi.fi Web Service, electronic messages from authorities (Suomi.fi Messages) as well as authorisation for acting on behalf of another party (Suomi.fi e-Authorization).
Digital and Population Data Services Agency was founded in 2020 and it operates under the Ministry of Finance. Agency was created when the Population Register Centre and local register offices were merged to form a single agency in 1.1.2020.
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