Contact Information Registry for Notifications Related to Western Uusimaa Rescue Department Operations

Privacy policy
General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union (2016/679)

Contact Information Registry for Notifications Related to Western Uusimaa Rescue Department Operations

1. Data controller

The County Board of the Western Uusimaa Wellbeing Services County

2. Person responsible for the register

Job title

Service unit manager (Planning and directing)

3. Contact person of the register

Job title

Communications Chief

Contact information

Western Uusimaa Wellbeing Services County
P.O. Box 33
02033 Western Uusimaa Wellbeing Services County
Switchboard: 029 151 2000

4. Purposes of processing personal data and the legal grounds for processing

Purposes of processing

The primary purposes are to alert personnel and contract fire brigade members for rescue operations and to disseminate information via text messages. This also includes notifying contact persons within the Wellbeing Services County and local municipalities.

Legal grounds for processing

Article 6(1)(e) of the General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union: processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.

Key legislation

  • General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union (679/2016)
  • Data Protection Act (1050/2018)
  • Act on the Protection of Privacy in Working Life (759/2004)).

5. Data contents of the register

The registry contains personal contact details (name and phone number) of employees from the Wellbeing Services County, municipal contact persons, and contract fire brigade staff.

6. Regular disclosure of personal data

Personal data can be disclosed for internal use unless the individual/other data provider has explicitly forbidden the disclosure of their contact information. 

Personal data will not be transferred outside the EU or the European Economic Area (EEA).

7. Data retention periods

The data is removed when the employment relationship or membership in the contract fire brigade ends, or when the individual’s details are no longer present in the update list provided by the contact information updater.

8. Sources of personal data

The information is either provided by the individuals themselves or by the contract fire brigade based on the fire brigade contract. Information is also disclosed by contact persons from the Wellbeing Services County, local municipalities, or the Western Uusimaa Rescue Department (Fire prevention officers, executive fire officers).