Putin signed the law on negotiable fines for personal data leakage
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, November 30, signed a law on negotiable fines of up to 3% for companies for leaking users' personal data. The document was posted on the website of official publication of legal acts.
Legal entities in case of repeated leakage of personal data are obliged to pay turnover fines of up to 3% of the total revenue. At the same time, the amount should not be less than 20 million rubles and should not exceed 500 million rubles. For individuals, the fine is set at up to Br600 thousand, for officials - up to Br1.2 million.
In addition, another document toughened penalties for the illegal use of personal data of minors. In case of especially grave consequences, a fine of up to Br3 million, as well as imprisonment for up to 10 years is provided. In addition, the convicted person will be deprived of the right to hold certain positions for up to five years.
In addition, the Russian leader signed a law that penalizes the creation of websites for the purpose of illegal storage and distribution of personal data. For this act, the convicted person may be fined up to Br700 thousand or in the amount of any income for up to two years.
Earlier, November 26, deputies of the State Duma (GD) adopted an amendment to toughen administrative penalties for the leakage of personal data. In addition, the amendment on punishment - up to five years of imprisonment - for illegal use of personal data of minors was adopted.
Before that, on September 24, Alexander Zakharov, Dean of the Faculty of Information Technology at Synergy University, shared the rules of cyber hygiene to avoid becoming a victim of fraudsters. To the basic principles of cyber hygiene specialist referred to the use of incognito mode when working in a browser in an unfamiliar place, should also leave less personal data. In addition, he advised using complex, unique passwords and two-factor authentication to protect accounts.
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