Data Protection & Security

If you have questions or concerns about data protection please be in contact FinnGen Data Protection Officer:

If you suspect a data breach, report immediately:

If you lose your @finngen.fi-credentials, or suspect that they have been compromised, please immediately contact finngen-servicedesk@helsinki.fi.

Also, to access the data in the Sandbox, you are required to take a data security exam once a year. This is to make sure the data related to the study subjects is not mishandled. In the following videos, a researcher called Individual Jones will guide you through the basic structure of the Sandbox, the data content and how data security is handled. You’ll then be ready to take the exam!

Video 1: FinnGen is a research project (3.31 min)

  • The aims of the FinnGen research project

  • FinnGen genotype and phenotype data basic

Video 2: Data structure and access levels (5.18 min)

  • Where to find the data in the Sandbox

  • How to download results from the Sandbox

  • How to share your data and results with other organizations

Video 3: Basics of personal data and individual level data (6.21 min)

  • What is personal data and individual level data

  • How and why data is pseudonymised

  • When data is anonymised

  • How the Sandbox and data is protected

  • How you can protect the data

  • The different types of FinnGen analysis and processes related to them

Part 4: Why it is safe to do analysis in the Sandbox (5.14 min)

  • How the Sandbox and data is protected

  • How you can protect the data

  • The different types of FinnGen analysis and processes related to them

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