Member Article

INCREASE OF FINES FOR DATA PROTECTION BREACHES

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

We would like to inform you of the proposed changes to the Russian Code of the Administrative Offences (hereinafter the “Code of Administrative Offenses”). These changes are aimed at increasing and differentiating administrative liability for violation of Russian personal data protection legislation.

On January 11, 2017 the respective draft bill was adopted by the Lower Chamber of the Russian Parliament in the second (of three) hearing.

Currently under Russian law there is one administrative offence relating to data protection. It implies violation of the procedure for collecting, storing, using or disseminating personal data and entails a fine up to RUB 10 000 (approx. EUR 158) for the legal entities.

The mentioned draft bill differentiates liability depending on the type of violation of data protection legislation and increases fines for non-compliance.

To find an overview of the envisaged offences and penalties, click here.

__________________________________________________________________________________Hope that the information provided herein would be useful for you.

If you have any questions, please, do not hesitate to contact the Partners of ALRUD Law Firm – Maria Ostashenko ([email protected]) or Irina Anyukhina ([email protected]).

Kind regards,

ALRUD Law Firm

Note: Please be aware that all information provided in this letter was taken from open sources. The author of this letter bears no liability for consequences of any decisions made in reliance upon this information.