MOSCOW. July 20 (Interfax) - Amendments significantly raising fines for violations during personal data processing were submitted to the Russian State Duma and were approved by the chamber's Committee on State Building and Legislation on Thursday.
The proposed amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses indicate that the processing of personal data in the absence of the data subject's written consent or personal data processing accompanied by violations will be punishable by an administrative fine of 10,000 rubles to 15,000 rubles for ordinary citizens, 100,000 rubles to 300,000 rubles for public servants, and 300,000 rubles to 700,000 rubles for entities. Fines for such offenses currently stand at 6,000 rubles to 10,000 rubles for ordinary citizens, 20,000 rubles to 40,000 rubles for public servants, and 30,000 rubles to 150,000 rubles for entities.
In the event of a repeat offense, the fines will amount to 15,000 rubles to 30,000 rubles for ordinary citizens, 300,000 rubles to 500,000 rubles for public servants, 500,000 rubles to one million rubles for private entrepreneurs, and one million rubles to 1.5 million rubles for entities. Today, such fines stand at 10,000 rubles to 20,000 rubles for ordinary citizens, 40,000 rubles to 100,000 rubles for public servants, 100,000 rubles to 300,000 rubles for private entrepreneurs, and 300,000 rubles to 500,000 rubles for legal entities.
The amendments also propose adding a new article titled "Violation of the requirements for publishing biometric personal data" to the Code of Administrative Offenses.
They introduce liability for publishing or updating citizens' biometric personal data in the unified biometric system in breach of the requirements established by the law. Such offenses will carry an administrative fine of 200,000 rubles to 300,000 rubles for public servants and 400,000 rubles to 700,000 rubles for legal entities.
The amendments have been submitted for the second reading of a bill introducing liability for the unlawful publication of biometric personal data. The bill authors are State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin and the heads of all five parliamentary factions.