Recent Updates In Personal Data Regulation In Russia

guest · Jul 20, 2020

Recent Updates In Personal Data Regulation In Russia
The Supreme Court confirmed that Russian users may file a lawsuit against an american social network to a Russian court
July 14, 2020
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/recent-updates-in-personal-data-86822/

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation reviewed a case initiated by a number of Internet users against the American social network Facebook Inc.

The plaintiffs, inter alia, claimed to prohibit blocking and deleting their Facebook accounts by the defendant without any motivated reason, as well as to prohibit the collection of users’ personal data without their consent.
The appellate court indicated that as far as plaintiffs cannot be recognized as customers, the lawsuit should be filed to the court at the defendant’s location (in the USA).

The Supreme Court concluded that the courts illegally refused to hear the lawsuit against Facebook Inc.
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A draft of the Russian Code of Administrative Offences includes new types of offences relating to personal data violations
A draft of the Code of Administrative Offences establishes new offences connected with failure of the obligation to keep the confidentiality of personal data or with failure of requirements of the anonymization of personal data, and others. Please see below the key amendments in the sphere of personal data regulation.
Fines for breach of confidentiality of personal data [...]
Fines for infringement of the personal data anonymization rules [...]
Fines for a rejection to conclude, amend, terminate or execute an agreement with a customer, if he (she) rejects to provide personal data [...]
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A law on the creation of the unified registry of data on population was enacted
The enactment of the law establishing the legal grounds of the unified data register creation took place on 08 June 2020.
A draft law on independent registration of biometric data is introduced to the State Duma of Russia
According to the draft, citizens will be able to download their biometric personal data in the special database through their mobile phones, tablets or computers.
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