Category: Data economy

Many kinds of personal data, such as names, personal identity codes, addresses, allergy information, bank account numbers, dates of birth, photographs and videos are processed in hobby activities. Personal data cannot usually be stored indefinitely. Instead, a specific storage period must be defined for them, and the data must be erased when that period has elapsed. As a rule, personal data may only be stored for as long as necessary. Read the article for tips on the storage of personal data.

Collaborating with significant stakeholders TIEKE is to design and develop a national, business-oriented, and cost-effective data business training model, aiming to enable more companies to leverage the opportunities of data economy.

Get ready to embrace future-proof digitalization that takes into account climate, environment, legislation, and ethics! The Sustainable and Future-proof Tech program at Mindtrek Conference 2023 in Tampere, provided expertise and insights into these critical considerations. In this blog post, we’ll give you a glimpse of the program, and encourage to explore the recorded sessions to dive deeper into the topics.

A survey by the Finnish Information Society Development Centre (TIEKE) shows that opportunities that blockchain technology offers are not yet widely recognised. Blockchain may offer significant benefits for certain applications. An example of this are blockchain-enabled digital product passports. They can help sharing product information between producers, consumers, recyclers and regulatory bodies more effectively.

Data is an important enabler of new business in micro businesses and SMEs. In a data-driven business coaching programme developed by Sitra and implemented by TIEKE, entrepreneurs in the travel and restaurant sector realised the benefits of data in boosting customer insight.

Data protection is a competitive advantage for small- and medium-sized companies. The English version will be published in the autumn of 2022.