The State Duma approved in first reading bills on negotiable fines and criminal liability for the leakage of personal data. Those who decide to transfer Russian data abroad will face up to eight years in prison, and up to five years for those who decide to make money by selling this data.
The State Duma approved in first reading bills on turnover fines for companies for the leakage of personal data, as well as criminal liability for such leakage. This was reported by the press service of the lower house of parliament.
In the current version, the leak penalty is as follows:
- data leak from 1 thousand to 10 thousand citizens: individuals – 100-200 thousand rubles, officials – 800 thousand-1 million rubles, legal entities – 3-5 million rubles.
- data leak from 10 thousand to 100 thousand citizens: individuals – 200-300 thousand rubles, officials – 1-1.5 million rubles, legal entities – 5-10 million rubles.
- data leak more than 100 thousand citizens: individuals – 300-400 thousand rubles, officials – 1.5-2 million rubles, legal entities – 10-15 million rubles.
In case of repeated violations, a turnover fine has been introduced in the amount of 0.1% to 3% of the calendar year’s income, but not less than 15 million rubles and not more than 500 million rubles.
Criminal liability is also introduced for those who sell data of Russian citizens abroad (up to 8 years in prison) and for those who make money from data leaks (up to five years in prison).
If the leak was organized by a group of people or harmed public safety and the health of citizens, the penalty increases to ten years.
Author:
Kirill Bilyk
Source: RB
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