Criminal Code (Rikoslaki), Chapter 38, Sections 3 and 4, Violation of Communications Confidentiality

Section 3 of Chapter 38 of the Criminal Code punishes whoever, without right, opens a letter or other closed message addressed to another, breaks a protection to obtain information from an electronically stored message protected from outsiders, or obtains information on the content of a call, telegram, text, image or data transmission being transmitted in a telecommunications network or information system, or on its sending or receipt, with a fine or imprisonment of up to two years.

Section 4 of Chapter 38 punishes an aggravated violation, committed by abusing a position with a telecommunications company or another special position of trust, by using software or a special technical device designed or adapted for the offence or otherwise acting with special planning, or involving a message of especially confidential content, with imprisonment of up to three years. Section 3 of Chapter 38 was last amended by Act 368/2015. Act 368/2015 entered into force on 4 September 2015.