Member Article

The authorities in Russia and the rest of the world have recently been paying more and more attention to data protection issues. This is evidenced by the numerous laws adopted in this regard, the increased activities of the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor), despite a moratorium on scheduled inspections, and the serious amendments that are expected to be introduced to broaden liability for violations of data protection laws.

For example, in a report that Roskomnadzor issued for 20231,we can see that a total of RUB 266,324,329 in administrative fines were imposed last year compared with RUB 109,579,160 in 20222. This means that, despite the moratorium on scheduled inspections, Roskomnadzor more than doubled its efforts to hold individuals accountable for violations of legislation on the protection of personal data in 2023 compared with the previous period.

Russian data protection laws impose numerous requirements on operators, and companies must expend enormous resources and be highly vigilant in the processing of personal data to comply with them. As a result, internal teams and DPOs often have questions about which requirements are most critical and pose the greatest risk to business. The list of requirements may vary depending on the size of the business and the company’s industry, business model, and other factors, however, there are issues that will be crucial for most operators.

In this brochure, we have highlighted such issues for the current period and invite you to learn more about them:

• The importance of written consent;

• Inspections by Roskomnadzor;

• Requirements for online resources;

• The "extraterritorial" principle of the application of the personal data law;

• Localization trend;

• Cross-border data transfer;

• Anonymous data;

• Personal data breaches;

• Notification of a personal data breach;

• Personal liability of management and imposition of criminal liability.

You can download the brochure here.

gosdoklad_za_2023_ 03042024.pdf (rkn.gov.ru)

2022_RKN_goskontrol.pdf