The Cabinet of Ministers did not support the ban on using the votes of Russians without their consent

According to the agency, the document was approved on Monday, January 20, at a meeting of the government law-making commission. “The issues raised by the bill are regulated by the legislation of the Russian Federation,” the draft revision says.

The Council of Ministers stressed that, according to current legislation, the recording of a citizen’s voice is the processing of his biometric data, which can only be carried out with his consent. In case of violation of his rights, a Russian has the right to demand compensation for moral damage and to bring the offender to justice.

In addition, according to subparagraph 2 of paragraph 1 of article 130.4 of the Civil Code, a recording of a citizen’s voice is a phonogram that can be protected as an object of rights related to copyright, the document says.

In September, senators Andrei Klishas, ​​Artem Sheikin, Natalya Kuvshinova, Ruslan Smashnev and United Russia deputy Daniil Bessarabov submitted to the State Duma a bill prohibiting the use of a voice without the consent of its owner.

The authors of the initiative proposed to legislate that “the publication and use of a citizen’s voice, including a recording of a voice or a recording of a recreated voice, is only permitted with his or her consent.” Lawmakers also proposed establishing rules to protect the votes of deceased people and ways to protect this right if it is violated.