Subjects of oversight

The Finnish Security and Intelligence Service is responsible for civilian intelligence and the military intelligence authorities for military intelligence. The duties of the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service and the military intelligence authorities also include the prevention and detection of offences threatening national security. The scope of the Intelligence Ombudsman’s oversight authority includes civilian and military intelligence activities and the prevention and detection of offences of treason, high treason and terrorism by the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service, and prevention and detection of offences related to military national defense by the Defence Command.

The Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (Supo) is an agency under the Ministry of the Interior.
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The military intelligence authorities are the Intelligence Division of Defence Command and the Finnish Defence Intelligence Agency.
Intelligence Division | Finnish Defence Forces
Intelligence Agency | Finnish Defence Forces

The purpose and subjects of civilian and military intelligence are defined in the intelligence legislation. The diagram below indicates who is responsible for intelligence, as well as how and why it is conducted.

The duties and powers of the intelligence authorities are based on law. The key enactments on civilian intelligence can be accessed through the links below:
Police Act 872/2011 (Finlex, in Finnish)
Telecommunications Intelligence Act 582/2019 (Finlex, in Finnish)
Act on the Processing of Personal Data by the Police 616/2019 (Finlex)
Government Decree on Civilian Intelligence 709/2019 (Finlex, in Finnish)

The corresponding enactments on military intelligence can be found through the links below:
Act on Military Intelligence 590/2019 (Finlex)
Act on the Processing of Personal Data by the Finnish Defence Forces 332/2019 (Finlex, in Finnish)
Government Decree on Military Intelligence Methods 711/2019 (Finlex, in Finnish)
Decree of the Ministry of Defence on the Oversight of Military Intelligence in the Defence Administration and on Oversight Reporting 1000/2019 (Finlex, in Finnish)