Towards the end of the year, Vastuu Group will launch a new service level of the Valvoja service, Valvoja Premium. The service helps the purchaser manage its worksites and compile the information needed on persons working at the worksite.
As a result of this service launch, the terms and conditions for purchaser services will be updated, and the Special Terms for Purchaser Services will in future be found in their own section of the Terms of Service. The purchaser services comprise the business information services and the services for managing worksites.
In addition, certain changes have been made to the General Terms of Service of Vastuu Services and to the Terms and Conditions for Processing of Personal Data, as described in more detail below.
| General Terms of Service | Section |
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| 2.1 | Clarified the ordering methods for the services and the formation of the agreement to correspond to the purchasing channels offered by the supplier. |
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| 4.3 | Clarified the supplier's right to process the customer's data by adding the supplier's right to process the customer's data in order to manage the customer relationship and to recommend service levels, service features and additional services suitable for the customer. | |
| 6.1 | Clarified that some of the service fees applicable to the services are available from the supplier upon request. | |
| 7.5 | Clarified the supplier's right to make changes to the service. The supplier also has the right to make changes to the services in order to correct an error in the functionality or content of the service. |
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| 14.5 | The final possible deadline for submitting claims for damages will in future be one year from the event giving rise to the damage. |
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| 15.4 | The force majeure section has been clarified so that restrictions on gatherings and movement imposed by authorities are also considered force majeure. |
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| 15.7 | Clarified that the supplier also has the right to assign the agreement in connection with a business transaction concerning a significant part of its business operations. |
| Terms and Conditions for Processing of Personal Data |
Section | Change |
| 1.1 | The scope of application of the terms has been clarified due to the launch of the new service, and the presentation has been updated to correspond to the structural changes made to the Terms of Service. |
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| 3.2 | Clarified that where the supplier terminates the agreement on the basis of this section, the agreement ends immediately. |
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| 4.1 | Added a clarification that the supplier will in future have the right to suspend the processing of personal data if it considers the customer's instruction to be contrary to data protection legislation and the customer does not amend its instructions, or the parties are unable to agree on the processing. | |
| 4.8 | The notification procedure for personal data breaches has been clarified so that notification may in future be made to the controller's contact person or to the service's main user. The information to be described in personal data breach notifications has also been clarified to better correspond to current regulation. |
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| 5.3 | The section on audits has been clarified so that the content and exact timing of an audit must be agreed in advance. The audit must be carried out in a manner that does not interrupt the supply of the supplier's or its subcontractors' services, nor hinder the performance of their obligations towards third parties. |
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| 7.2 | Clarified that both the controller and the processor each have an independent right to terminate the agreement immediately if the controller does not approve the proposed sub-processor. |
| Secial Terms | Section | Change |
| Special Terms – Luotettava Kumppani (Reliable Partner) | The Special Terms concerning the Luotettava Kumppani (Reliable Partner) service have been separated into their own Part B of the Terms of Service. | |
| Special Terms - Business Information Services | The Special Terms concerning the business information services have been moved in their entirety from Part B to a new Part C (Purchaser Services). |
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| Special Terms - Services for Managing Worksites |
The Special Terms concerning the Worksite Register, Valtti+ Inspector and the main contractor interfaces (Card Storage, Valtti+ Inspector and Person API) have been moved in their entirety from Part B to a new Part C (Purchaser Services). This set of terms has been renamed and will in future also apply to functionalities relating to the management of worksites in the Valvoja service.
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| 2.2-2.3 | Updated the sections concerning the content of the services and the definition of customer data to correspond to the functionalities of the new service. |
Further clarifications have also been made to the terminology used in the Terms of Service, together with language improvements.
The amended Terms of Service have been published and you can read them here. The amended Terms of Service will apply from 16 November 2026.