Credit rating protection is a responsible-person notice (Ref-merkintä) recorded with Dun & Bradstreet (formerly Bisnode) and Suomen Asiakastieto. It clarifies that your governance role arises from an investment, not entrepreneurship.
Because Finnish credit information links companies and their responsible persons, this clarification helps avoid spillover effects from one company’s problems to your other companies or your personal credit file.
This data is collected to distinguish investor-driven governance roles from ordinary responsible roles and make this visible to stakeholders. Credit information providers (D&B, Asiakastieto) may show this note to their clients (e.g., when credit is assessed). See the privacy statements of Dun & Bradstreet and Suomen Asiakastieto for detailed descriptions of how the information is handled.
