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The final survey of the GDPR4CHLDRN project surveyed the data protection knowledge and attitudes of parents and associations organising recreational activities.

If data can be transported in an agreed format, digital product passports will revolutionise the circular economy. What does the Peppol messaging service offer? Would organisations benefit if the information in digital product passports was sent with Peppol messages?

The Digital Product Passport is a key technology for the EU to make sustainable development and the circular economy a daily reality for individuals and businesses. The Digital Product Passport provides a comprehensive view of the environmental impact of a product throughout its life cycle, making responsible consumption easier. It will not only accelerate the EU’s green transition but also create new business opportunities and help make sustainably operating companies more competitive.

Data spaces will have an impact on many companies and organisations in the near future. But what are data spaces, really? What opportunities do they offer, and how can we make the most of them?

The newly established Data Spaces Alliance Finland brings together Finnish data business pioneers to help companies deal with the challenges of the data economy and capitalise on its opportunities. As one of the founders of the network, the aim of the Finnish Information Society Development Centre (TIEKE) is to provide companies with a clear path to making the most of data spaces. TIEKE also helps companies to develop data maturity, which is particularly important as the data economy becomes more central to how the world works.

Diversity has become a key theme in working life, and the ICT sector can lead the way on this issue for other industries as well. According to Netlight’s Talent Manager Julius Hurri and FIBS’ corporate responsibility specialist Greta Andersson, diversity drives innovation and improves decision-making. To promote it, companies need to commit to a long-term process in which management support and genuine action are key.

In the ICT sector, sustainability is becoming increasingly important. The Finnish Information Society Development Centre (TIEKE) has been contributing to this development for a long time, and has created a wide range of tools for companies and other actors to use in making their operations more environmentally friendly. These are all provided in the Green ICT portal, and the new Visiiri project also brings together long experience and the latest expertise, deepening it further.

Energy consumption in ICT is growing faster than in any other sector, and there is a need for more debate on the sector’s climate and environmental impact, how to measure it and how to save energy. To this end, the Green ICT Visiiri project will expand the previously established Green ICT ecosystem in the Uusimaa region into a national ecosystem. Companies throughout Finland can now get involved in and benefit from this development! Increased energy efficiency has many positive effects, both on the climate and on a company’s operations.

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.

Has your child recently started a new hobby, and are you wondering why the club is asking for your child’s contact details or health information? Are you wondering how the club is processing the data you disclose to it? This article discusses typical situations related to the processing of personal data in hobbies and tells parents how they can obtain information on personal data processing from hobby organisers.

Based on the initial survey of the GDPR4CHLDRN – ensuring data protection in hobbies project, people have questions about the processing of children’s health data, especially data on allergies, in hobby activities. This article is meant to provide some guidelines for the appropriate processing of children’s health data in hobby activities.

Many organisations are working to improve children’s awareness of personal data processing and data protection legislation. For this GDPR4CHLDRN blog post, we compiled some useful websites we have come across during the project. These sites offer teaching, guidance and independent study materials for promoting data protection awareness in children and young people.

A former and current chairman of TIEKE’s Board of Directors see that international networks are what we need to most effectively build a competitive and people-oriented digital society.

The Ministry of Finance has chosen TIEKE as a partner in a government programme project to set national policies for the development of programming interfaces.