The State Duma of Russia adopted in the third reading the law on increasing fines for violations in the processing of personal data. This has been reported telegram channel the lower house of the country’s parliament.
Now publishing personal information in the unified biometric system and other information resources of the country without the written consent of the person will be punished more severely.
For individuals, the fine will be from 10 to 15 thousand rubles, for officials – from 100 to 300 thousand, for legal entities – from 300 to 700 thousand.
In case of repeated violation, the fine will be increased: 15-30 thousand rubles. for individuals, 300-500 thousand and 1 to 1.5 million rubles for officials. – for legal entities.
Now the bill must be approved by the Federation Council and signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Before the adoption of the law in the State Duma, an initiative was launched to increase the penalty for illegal processing of biometrics supported Roskomnadzor.
In December 2022, Vladimir Putin signed the unified biometric system law. The document establishes the rules for processing information using EBS or other information systems.
At the same time, in Russia it is prohibited at the legislative level to force people to provide biometric information and store genomic information.
The State Duma had previously made the proposal. oblige Immigrants are required to present their biometric information when entering the country.
Source: Gazeta
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