GUVIR survey privacy notice
The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (2016/679) Date of notice: 19/10/2026 Registry number: 7/790/2026
1. Controller Finnish Meteorological Institute P.O. Box 503 (Erik Palménin aukio 1) FI-00101 HELSINKI tel. +358 29 539 1000 kirjaamo@fmi.fi 2. Contact person Project coordinator Kaisa Lakkala tel. +358 40 747 6792 firstname.lastname@fmi.fi
3. Data Protection Officer Jaana Palmunoksa tel. +358 29 539 2310 firstname.lastname@fmi.fi
4. Purpose and funding of the survey and research Purpose of the survey The survey aims to assess the needs for different types of UV products and services.
Project The survey is conducted as part of the GUVIR research project (Global UV radiation variability, trends and impact on the seasonality of viral infections), 2025–2029.
Project partners The Finnish Meteorological Institute (coordinator) and the University of Helsinki
Funding The research is funded by the Research Council of Finland.
Purpose of the project The project aims to produce long, homogenous time series of solar UV radiation, covering both Finland and the globe, for use by the multidisciplinary research community and other stakeholders.
5. Data collected The survey collects data about the needs for different types of UV products and services.
The survey does not collect names, contact details, demographic information or other directly identifying personal data.
Participants are requested not to include personal data in their responses.
6. Personal data processed by the survey platform (Webropol) When responding to the survey, the respondent’s IP address is recorded in Webropol’s web-server log for technical and information-security purposes.
7. Legal basis for processing of personal data Processing of personal data (IP address) is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest.
8. Access to data Survey responses, excluding the respondent’s IP address, are accessible only to authorised personnel of the Finnish Meteorological Institute involved in the analysis of the survey results.
Technical log data generated by the survey platform, including the respondent’s IP address, is accessible only to Webropol personnel responsible for system maintenance and information security.
9. Data retention The respondent’s IP address is retained for two weeks and is accessible only to Webropol’s technical team.
10. Disclosure and transfer of data The respondent’s IP address is not disclosed to the survey organiser or other third parties by Webropol.
Data is processed and stored within the European Union and is not transferred outside the European Economic Area.
11. Rights of the survey respondents In general, the data subject may exercise for example the following rights:
right to access their personal data
right to the rectification of their data
right to the erasure of their data.
As the survey does not intentionally collect personal data and respondents cannot be identified from the survey responses, it may not be possible to exercise rights such as access to, rectification of, or erasure of survey responses.
