Inaccurate contact details of companies or associations
You can file a rectification request with the Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH) if an inaccurate contact detail has been registered for a company or an association. The PRH can automatically remove a mailing or street address or another contact detail from the Finnish Business Information System if the contact detail is decidedly inaccurate.
You can file a rectification request in the following situations:
- Your address or another contact detail (such as your phone number or e-mail address) has been registered for a company or an association in which you do not hold a position of responsibility.
- A contact detail registered for a company or an association is on other grounds decidedly incorrect. For example, you own a property, and the company is not located on your property.
Filing the rectification request is free of charge.
If the rectification request concerns a person’s home address registered in the Finnish Population Information System, we will check the address against the information in the system.
Please note: we will not remove the address or another contact detail from the register if you hold a position of responsibility in the company or association in question. For example, a board member may be a person in a position of responsibility.
How to file the rectification request
Use our online form to file the rectification request. We cannot remove inaccurate information if the request is sent by email without using the form.
To log in to the online form, you need to have a Finnish personal identity code and either personal internet banking codes, a mobile certificate, or an electronic identity card (HST card).
Provide the following information on the form:
- Name and Business ID of the company or association
- Address or another contact detail that has erroneously been registered for the company or association
- As a PDF attachment a report explaining the reasons why the contact detail is decidedly inaccurate if the rectification request does not concern a person’s home address registered in the Finnish Population Information System
- Email address to which we will send the information on the processing of the rectification request
Monitor the progress of your rectification request
After we have removed the inaccurate contact
detail from the details of the company or association, we will send a confirmation to the email address you enter on the online form.
See the legislation for more information
Removing inaccurate contact details of companies or associations is based on section 17, subsection 3 of the Finnish Business Information Act.