yksityishenkilöiden

Yksityishenkilöiden isintsegment in Finnish grammar refers to the genitive plural form of yksityishenkilö, meaning private individuals. The term is used to indicate things that pertain to people acting in a private capacity rather than in a professional, commercial, or public role. In Finnish, authors commonly attach the genitive form to describe rights, data, obligations or concerns that concern private persons as a group.

In legal and administrative contexts, yksityishenkilöiden is used to distinguish private individuals from corporations, public authorities or other organizations. For example, phrases like yksityishenkilöiden oikeudet (the rights of private individuals) or yksityishenkilöiden henkilötiedot (the personal data of private individuals) illustrate how the genitive form is applied to indicate subject matter or ownership relating to private persons. The distinction between yksityishenkilö and other actors is important in areas such as civil law, consumer protection, and privacy regulation.

In data protection and privacy law, private individuals are generally the data subjects whose personal data are processed by a controller or processor. Finnish and EU frameworks emphasize the protection of individuals’ fundamental rights, including consent, access to data, rectification, objection to processing, and data minimization. The term yksityishenkilöiden thus frequently appears in legal drafting and policy discussions to ground obligations and rights in relation to private persons, separate from organizational or public interests.