The Federation Council of the Russian Federation has begun to develop a new version of the bill, which provides for larger fines for the leakage of personal data. It was reported on the newspaper’s website “News”.
The publication notes that the previous version of the bill provided for fines of up to 2 million rubles and imprisonment for up to 10 years in particularly serious cases.
According to Artem Sheikin, a member of the Federation Council’s constitutional committee and deputy head of the council under Artem Sheikin, the chamber for the development of the digital economy, the creators of platforms that distribute citizens’ personal data should be held fully accountable. law.
He emphasized that in connection with this situation, a draft law has been developed, which provides for a fine of up to 700 thousand rubles, or imprisonment for up to five years or forced labor for the same period. If personal information is distributed by a group of individuals, they face a fine of up to 3 million rubles and a prison sentence of up to 10 years.
Alexander Khinshtein, former Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, Information Technologies and Communications declarationthat those developing liability bills for personal data leaks will discuss the latest versions of documents that increase liability for personal data leaks to criminal liability.