Applying for a non-disclosure for personal safety reasons
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A non-disclosure for personal safety reasons is an exceptional measure that restricts the disclosure of your address information from the Population Information System. When your non-disclosure for personal safety reasons is valid, information about your address and municipality of residence can only be disclosed to authorities that may process information subject to the non-disclosure.
The non- ...
Do the following
1. Read more about non-disclosures of personal data.
First, familiarise yourself with other non-disclosures of personal data. Check the Suomi.fi Web Service's Personal Data page to see if you have any active non-disclosure orders of personal data. Before applying for a non-disclosure for personal safety reasons, consider whether these non-disclosure orders are sufficient.
2. Obtain the necessary attachments that verify the threat to your personal safety.
These may include a report of a crime, a court decision or an employer’s report on a threat caused by your profession if you apply for a non-disclosure for personal safety reasons because of your profession. Obtain the documents yourself because we cannot get them for you.
3. Fill in the application for non-disclosure for personal safety reasons.
Use the online form to submit your application. Explain what the threat to you is and how likely it is. Enclose the documents verifying the threat with your application. For use of the online form, you will need online banking codes or a mobile certificate.
If you are applying for a non-disclosure for personal safety reasons for an adult with the same application, attach their consent to the application. If you are applying for a non-disclosure for personal safety reasons for a minor with the same application, attach the consents of the guardians to the application.
Are you unable to handle your matter online?
Fill in the application for a non-disclosure for personal safety reasons
- Explain what the threat to you is and how likely it is.
If you are applying for a non-disclosure for personal safety reasons for an adult with the same application, attach their consent to the application.
If you are applying for a non-disclosure for personal safety reasons for a minor with the same application, attach the consents of the guardians to the application.
Submit the application and the attached documents, which verify the threat, to us in your preferred format:
- via secure email service
- by posting to our service location
- by bringing to our service location during opening hours
To whom and on what terms
On the applicant's own initiative