Finland: Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman investigation into the Finnish Tax Administration over personal data transfers to the United States (TSV/24/2022)

Progress

Current status
concluded
03 Oct 2025 concluded

Scope

Implementers
Finland
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Cross-border data transfer regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
infrastructure provider: cloud computing, storage and databases
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
data protection authority
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

03 Oct 2025
concluded

Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman closed investigation into the Finnish Tax Administration with no sanction over personal data transfers to United States

On 3 October 2025, the Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman concluded its investigation into the Finnish Tax Administration over personal data transfers to the United States through Microsoft Azure and O365 cloud services procured from Valtori in…

Event type investigation
Action type closure
Government branch executive
Government body data protection authority