94 annual report 2010 19. ministry of economic and business affairs No cases concluded in 2010 were selected for publication in the Annual Report. 20. Local and regional AUTHORITIES The following fourteen cases concluded in 2010 were selected for publication in the Annual Report: 1. P  assing on of information about an employee as a consequence of the local government reform A union complained on behalf of a member that information regarding the member’s course of illness had been passed on against her wish from a county where she was employed to her new employer, a local authority, as a consequence of the local government reform, which abolished the counties in favour of larger local authorities. In the Ombudsman’s opinion the woman’s transition from the county to the local authority was part of a succession whereby the local authority entered into the legal relationship which existed between the county and the woman. It followed naturally that the local authority would also have to take over the woman’s personnel file. In the Ombudsman’s opinion, the fact that a succession had taken place meant that the provisions of the Public Administration Act and the Health Information Act on passing on information were not applicable when the local authority took over the woman’s personnel file from the county. Therefore, the Ombudsman did not find that any further investigation of the complaint would enable him to criticise any breach of these provisions. In addition, the Ombudsman did not see any prospect of being able to criticise the local authority’s assessment that the information received about the woman was correct, up to date and relevant. (Case No. 2008-4564-803)