Websites and Cookies

We process personal data relating to communications, marketing, donations, subscriptions, registrations and student applications on our public website and in systems connected to the website. This statement provides more information about the processing of personal data on our website.

Service address: digiviestinta@helsinki.fi Contact details for the data protection officer: tietosuoja@helsinki.fi

Information collected through websites

Your personal data are processed on the helsinki.fi website, because they are needed for the technical maintenance of the website, for communications and marketing as well as for analysing the use of the website and its further development. We primarily process the kind of personal data from which you cannot be identified.

We collect your personal data for example when you:

Give feedback on the website
Sign up for an event that requires registration in advance
Subscribe to messages or publications from the University, e.g., a newsletter or Yliopisto magazine, or you join a mailing list
Submit a student application
Make an online donation
Register as an alumnus/alumna
Order University products

The types of information we collect and process on the websites include:

Basic information (such as name, contact details)
Communication-related information (such as feedback, surveys, chat conversations)
Marketing information (such as your interests)
Information collected through cookies

You can find more information about the processing of personal data at the University of Helsinki by following this link.

We use cookies on our website. Cookies are small files that websites can use to provide a more efficient user experience. This website uses several types of cookies.

Here you can manage and read more information about cookies on the helsinki.fi website. You can also manage cookies (disable them or delete history) through your browser settings.

Some cookies are set by third-party services that appear on our pages. In addition to employing technical cookies required for the provision of the service, we collect, depending on your settings, statistical data as well as data for user experience development and for targeted marketing.

Technical cookies

These cookies are a prerequisite for the functioning of the website, and they cannot be turned off. Without these cookies, the website will not function properly.

Statistics cookies

We collect statistical data on site usage for the purposes of website development. Such data includes visitor numbers and duration of visits. Individual users cannot be identified on the basis of cookies.

Functional cookies

Functional cookies are used for providing a real-time chat service, creating personalised content and developing the user experience.

Marketing cookies

Marketing cookies make it possible to display on other websites advertisements that are of interest to you on the basis of your website visits.