Data protection review as a tool in building excellence at MaaS Global

HH Partners reviewed the data protection practices at MaaS Global, which helped MaaS Global to prove its great culture in data protection and verify and build on its current practices. “MaaS Global is a young and fast-growing company with personal data at the core of its business. We wanted to prove to our key stakeholders […]

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GDPR in schools and municipalities as the main theme in Turku

The Finnish Centre for Open Systems and Solutions, COSS, hosted an event on the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in Turku on November 17th. The participants of the event consisted of over 30 decision-makers and professionals from municipalities of Finland Proper. The theme of the seminar was data protection in schools and municipalities. One […]

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The GDPR readiness of municipalities was evaluated in Tampere

The Finnish Centre for Open Systems and Solutions, COSS, hosted an event on the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in Tampere on September 8th. Held at Gofore Oy’s offices, the participants of the event consisted of approximately 30 decision-makers and professionals from both municipalities and companies. One of the speakers at the seminar, HH […]

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Meet the HH Partners team at Mindtrek 2017 (September 20th – 21st at Tampere Hall)

Mindtrek, an international technology conference, is held yearly in Tampere. Mindtrek 2017 is organized at Tampere Hall Congress and Concert Centre from Wednesday 20th to Thursday 21st September. In addition to sponsoring Mindtrek, HH Partners is also hosting a stand at the Exhibition Area (stand 31), where you can meet our team. HH Partners team […]

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Ecomlex meeting in Helsinki on May 12, 2017

The European-wide e-commerce, technology, data protection and privacy oriented collaborative network of law firms, Ecomlex, assembled for a meeting in Helsinki on the 12th of May 2017. The spring meeting of the network was hosted by HH Partners. “Ecomlex meetings offer a great opportunity to deepen our expertise and our office’s contacts with the leading […]

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Opening and digitalizing the Finnish logistics market – Expert Guides

This is an excerpt of an article written by Martin von Willebrand and Henri Tanskanen (link to article has been removed as inactive after publication of this text), published in Expert Guides on 27 February 2017. The Government of Finland has in late 2016 proposed to enact a new Transport Code, an ambitious plan to […]

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HH Partners invests in data protection expertise

The new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into effect in May 2018, entailing significant requirements for the operations of organizations in almost any sector. HH Partners has prepared for this by investing in data protection expertise. Our Associate Henri Tanskanen has earned the ANSI-accredited Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E) credential. Developed and […]

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Article: Legal tools in creation of an open source business

The legal rules often play a key role when it comes to business models in software businesses and notably in free and open source software projects. This is particularly true when the project owner wants to maintain some level of control over the software and the project itself. The balance between control and freedom is achieved by legal tools and policies, such as licenses, compliance policies, contracts, trademarks, organization rules, contribution policies, only to name a few.

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