Review Of Amendments To Personal Data Laws

• Published date: 27 July 2021
• Subject Matter: Media, Telecoms, IT, Entertainment, Privacy, IT and Internet, Data Protection
• Law Firm: CLS Cavojsky & Partners
• Author: Mr Dmitry Churin and Vadim Kovalyov

Starting March 27, 2021, liability for violations of personal data laws will increase.

Federal Law No.19-FZ dated 24.02.2021 that will take effect starting March 27, 2021 amends Article 13.11 of the Administrative Offenses Code of the Russian Federation, doubles the amount of fines and adds increased fines for repeated commitment of certain offenses:

The new law also amends Part 1 Article 4.5 of the Administrative Offenses Code of the Russian Federation and extends the statute of limitations period for personal data offenses from 3 months to 1 year.

We also remind you that starting March 1, 2021, new rules for personal data dissemination took effect. Now disseminating personal data of the subject requires obtaining their consent in the manner of a separate document. The Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor) will establish specific requirements for the contents of the consent.

These amendments will apply to companies that process publicly available personal...