About the website
Information about the pelastusopisto.fi website
The address of the Emergency Services Academy’s online service is pelastusopisto.fi. The website is run by the Emergency Services Academy and maintained by the Academy’s communications department in cooperation with Academy personnel. The Emergency Services Academy website has Finnish, Swedish and English content. The website is a key communications channel of the Emergency Services Academy used to provide comprehensive and up-to-date information on the operations of the Academy.
The content of the website adapts to the device being used. The website is best viewed with the most current browser versions. The website can also be viewed with earlier browser versions, but you may not be able to make full use of all the service features available.
Website accessibility
An assessment of the accessibility status of the website (pelastusopisto.fi) is provided in the accessibility statement.
Terms of Use
By using this website, you agree to these terms of use in their current form. Please read the terms of use carefully.
Copyright
The Emergency Services Academy or other information provider mentioned holds the copyright on the text, images, and other material published on the website. Using the materials from the website and linking to it is allowed in contexts that conform to good practice, provided the source is mentioned. Use of the material as such for commercial purposes requires prior permission from the Emergency Services Academy.
Legal notice
The Emergency Services Academy is responsible for the website. In making the content available, every effort is made to keep the information up-to-date and accurate. The Emergency Services Academy is not responsible for any expenses or damage incurred by the user because of errors that might exist on the site. Nor is the Academy responsible for any harm caused by technical problems or any material published by external parties and linked to the website.
Linked pages are subject to their respective terms of use. The Emergency Services Academy is not responsible for the updating or publishing of information on these third-party websites or ensuring the accuracy of this information, or for what kind of data said website collects. For example, videos are hosted on YouTube, which collects information about its users.
Processing of personal data and cookies
The Emergency Services Academy is committed to protecting the privacy and personal data of website visitors in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation. We do not collect data from which individual users could be identified.
We use cookies to collect general statistical data on the use of the website to further develop our online service. A cookie is a small text file a browser stores on the user’s terminal device. Cookies contain an anonymous, unique identifier that can be used to identify and count different browsers visiting the site. By continuing to use the site, cookies are enabled. You can block cookies from your browser, but the site may not work optimally.
The data to be collected includes:
- downloaded pages
- time and date
- IP address
- web browser and operating system.
We only store contact details and other data provided by the user themself that we can use to respond to the user’s contact requests, questions, or other feedback or for sending the user the newsletters they have explicitly subscribed to.
General statistical data on the reach of newsletters sent to subscribers, such as clicking on the links found in the letter, is collected and used to develop the newsletters.
Social extensions
The website includes links and connections to third-party-owned websites as well as so-called social extensions (i.e. Instagram’s social plug-ins). The plug-ins on the website that are maintained by a third party will load from the services’ own servers. The website does not send visitor information through social plug-ins.
All services offered by third parties and applications supplied by third parties that are available on the website are subject to the terms of use and other regulations of the third party in question.
Analytics
We use the Snoobi service to collect insights on site visits. Snoobi complies with GDPR regulations.
Further information
For more information on the website, please contact Marketing and Communications Planner Santtu Tuomisto, viestinta@pelastusopisto.fi firstname.lastname@pelastusopisto.fi, tel. +358 295 453 476
For more information on matters related to the privacy policies of the Emergency Services Academy and the processing of personal data, please contact the Data Protection Officer at tietosuoja@pelastusopisto.fi.
