Measure Implementation

Is this measure possible in your Member State under International Judicial Cooperation?

Electronic evidence has not been defined in our legislation. Law enforcement authorities can obtain any kind of evidence by using different coercive measures possible by law or by requests to service providers. That evidence can also be in a form of an electronic data. Law enforcement authorities can: - make a request for information to service providers - seize/copy a document - make a search of data contained in a device/remote search - request a warrant for a traffic data monitoring - request a warrant for a telecommunications interception.

Legal Framework

International legal framework applicable for this measure in your Member State

EIO MLA 2000 Convention

Competent Authority

* receive the request/decision for judicial cooperation

National Bureau of Investigation

Accepted languages

Accepted languages for the request/decision

Finnish, Swedish or English

Execution deadline

Deadlines for the execution of the request/decision (where applicable)

Data retention periods (including procedures for extensions) A data retention order is issued for three months at a time. The order may be renewed when required by the investigation of the offence. The order shall be rescinded as soon as it is no longer necessary.

Concise legal practical information

Special requirements

Subscriber data: In individual cases, the police has the right to obtain from a telecommunications operator and a corporate or association subscriber on request contact information about a network address that is not listed in a public directory or data identifying a network address or terminal end device if the information is needed to carry out police duties. Similarly, the police has the right to obtain postal address information from organisations engaged in postal services. Traffic data: Traffic data monitoring refers to - the obtaining of identifying data regarding a message that has been sent from or received by a network address or terminal end device connected to a telecommunications network, - the obtaining of location data regarding the network address or the terminal end device, or - the temporary prevention of the use of the network address or terminal end device. Content data: Telecommunications interception refers to the monitoring, recording and other processing of a message sent to or transmitted from a network address or terminal end device through a public communications network or a communications network connected thereto, in order to determine the contents of the message and the identifying data connected to it. Voluntary-disclosure: As executing state with regards to the possibility for the OSPs to provide data directly to other Member States is not possible at the moment in Finland.

Last reviewed on 31 January 2023 by EJN Secretariat

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