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Sharing Personal Information for Mergers & Acquisitions in Finland
April 2010
Eija Warma
Associate
Castrén & Snellman |
When a Merger & Acquisition occurs, what types of personal information might be shared about customers, employees, patients or other data subject types?
It depends a lot about the company’s industry what type of personal information will be shared in a merger & acquisition. Usually there is always information about customers and employees but if the target company is, for instance, a private clinic patients’ personal information (including sensitive information) is in a key role. When a merger & acquisition occurs a closing plays an important role when thinking of sharing personal data.
Other topics of interest in this interview include:
- Sharing as a privacy issue in Finland under the EU Directive
- Requirements for companies to share or process personal information
- Successfully providing information for a due diligence
- Mechanisms for companies to share customer personal information
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