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17.3.2023, Notice
In the future, kanta.fi web service users will be asked for their permission to use cookies
The kanta.fi website is introducing a cookie notification to ask the user for permission to store web analytics cookies. Web analytics cookies are only used on the kanta.fi website, not in the MyKanta online service, where you need to log in with your online banking credentials or other equivalent identification method.
28.2.2023, Notice - Developers
The name of the My Kanta Pages service is changing and will now be called MyKanta
The My Kanta Pages online service will be changed to the more modern version MyKanta. The Finnish, Swedish and Sámi names of the service will also change.
21.2.2023, Notice - Developers
Watch out for scams posing as the Kanta Services and My Kanta Pages!
There are a lot of scam messages in circulation at the moment as criminals try to access Finnish personal data. The Kanta Services will never contact users by email or text message to ask for their information. The only way to log in securely to the My Kanta Pages is to go to www.kanta.fi.
20.2.2023, Fault notification
Watch out for scams posing as the Kanta Services and MyKanta!
20.2.2023, Maintenance notice - System developers
Interruptions in the services in March 2023
Planned update and maintenance tasks that may result in interruptions to the use of the services during the month are published here. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
9.2.2023, Notice - Professionals
Kanta Services provide information for the development of social welfare services
The secondary use of social welfare client data is now progressing in leaps and bounds. In the next few years, the wellbeing services counties will be able to utilise nationally comprehensive and up-to-date monitoring data on social welfare. Data on the time periods when clients had an active client relationship with social welfare and the services they were provided will be collected during 2023 on the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare’s social welfare monitoring register.
7.2.2023, Fault notification
A problem detected in the Cross-Border Prescription has ended
7.2.2023, Fault notification
A problem has been detected in the Cross-Border Prescription
19.1.2023, Notice - Professionals
The launch of the wellbeing services counties brought about a change in the use of patient and client data – The My Kanta Pages serve citizens as before
When the sharing of patient and client data is smooth within the wellbeing services county, there are benefits not only for healthcare and social services professionals but also for citizens. The professionals will continue to be able to view and utilise the data in connection with the provision of treatment and services.
12.1.2023, Maintenance notice - System developers
Interruptions in the services in February 2023
Planned update and maintenance tasks that may result in interruptions to the use of the services during the month are published here. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
12.1.2023, Maintenance notice - System developers
Interruptions in the services in January 2023
Planned update and maintenance tasks that may result in interruptions to the use of the services during the month are published here. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
11.1.2023, Notice - Citizens
Problems creating COVID-19 vaccination certificates for vaccinations given in 2023
If you received a COVID-19 vaccination in 2023, your vaccination certificate may not yet be available. Certificates uploaded in 2022 will remain available according to their respective validity periods.
10.1.2023, Notice - Citizens
Finnish electronic prescriptions can now be used to purchase medicines in Poland
The use of Finnish electronic prescriptions in Europe is gradually expanding. Poland is the latest country to join the scheme.
21.12.2022, Notice - Citizens
Consent to the sharing of prescription data with pharmacies in other EU countries will be removed on 1 January 2023
From 1 January 2023, using a Finnish electronic prescription to purchase medicines in another EU country will no longer require your consent to the sharing of prescription data.
15.12.2022, Fault notification - Professionals
The problem detected in Kanta Extranet has ended
15.12.2022, Maintenance notice - Professionals
A problem has been detected in the Kanta Extranet
13.12.2022, Fault notification
Disruptions possible in Kanta services
13.12.2022, Fault notification - System developers
The problem detected in the Valvira role and attribute service has ended
13.12.2022, Fault notification - Citizens
The problem detected in My Kanta Pages has ended
13.12.2022, Fault notification - System developers
The problem detected in the Patient Data Repository has ended