Finland Data Protection Ombudsman Reijo Aarnio will examine 70 websites of organisations that experienced a data breach or threat of a breach within the past year to find out if they’ve made improvements to their systems, reports Helsingin Sanomat. Erka Koivunen of the Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority says, “Careful coding and checkups should prevent” many attacks, and Aarnio says technology is not used enough in data protection.  Meanwhile, the nation’s agreement with the U.S. to mutually share data to aid in solving serious crimes and terrorist acts went into effect this week. The agreement includes the sharing of DNA and fingerprint data. Sharing will begin when the technical details of the system have been determined.
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