Is it legal to check people?
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2025 9:02 am
The state collects a lot of data about its citizens (and not only) - this is important for maintaining order and the work of state institutions. A simple example - information about vehicle registration helps to find the culprits of road accidents. Therefore, information about you is recorded in databases: it does not matter whether you are a citizen of the Russian Federation or just a visitor on a work visa.
Every year since 2014, more than 5,000 data sets have been published in Russia. And about 800 of them are from federal government agencies.
Almost all the rest are commercial databases. We ourselves share data for them when registering on resources and services. All of them are responsible for the safety of this information.
And almost every person has personal databases. And yes, you can only use them with the consent of the owners of the phone numbers. This is especially relevant today, when many companies ask to share the contacts of "three of your friends."
Within each category, the information is further divided into two categories:
Personal data. This is anything that allows information to be linked to a specific person. This data cannot be disclosed without the consent of the person or a decision by the relevant authorities.
Information about organizations and the situation of dissemination iceland telegram data of information for the purpose of protecting the interests of others do not require the owner's consent to processing. In the first case, this is not personal data, and in the second, the interests of society are more important than the interests of the owner of personal data.
Data on a person's documents. This is everything that is related to documents issued to a person, but does not reveal personal information about him. Data on a person's passport number to ensure that it is not lost or stolen, for example.
Yes, if the information is publicly available - this is data that is not restricted in access and can be used by anyone. This is something that can be found about a person for free and absolutely legally, it is enough to have access to the Internet.
There is also restricted access information - data, the use and distribution of which is limited by Russian legislation. Such data is in any database: both state and commercial. And all holders of such databases in Russia are subject to the same laws. Therefore, access to restricted access information can only be obtained on some basis: for example, on the basis of the initiation of a criminal case.
Only publicly available information can be obtained from open databases. But not all information that can be found on the Internet is publicly available.
For example, a company has posted its details and all the necessary data needed to pay for orders. Anyone can get them and even post them on other resources - this is not a violation.
Every year since 2014, more than 5,000 data sets have been published in Russia. And about 800 of them are from federal government agencies.
Almost all the rest are commercial databases. We ourselves share data for them when registering on resources and services. All of them are responsible for the safety of this information.
And almost every person has personal databases. And yes, you can only use them with the consent of the owners of the phone numbers. This is especially relevant today, when many companies ask to share the contacts of "three of your friends."
Within each category, the information is further divided into two categories:
Personal data. This is anything that allows information to be linked to a specific person. This data cannot be disclosed without the consent of the person or a decision by the relevant authorities.
Information about organizations and the situation of dissemination iceland telegram data of information for the purpose of protecting the interests of others do not require the owner's consent to processing. In the first case, this is not personal data, and in the second, the interests of society are more important than the interests of the owner of personal data.
Data on a person's documents. This is everything that is related to documents issued to a person, but does not reveal personal information about him. Data on a person's passport number to ensure that it is not lost or stolen, for example.
Yes, if the information is publicly available - this is data that is not restricted in access and can be used by anyone. This is something that can be found about a person for free and absolutely legally, it is enough to have access to the Internet.
There is also restricted access information - data, the use and distribution of which is limited by Russian legislation. Such data is in any database: both state and commercial. And all holders of such databases in Russia are subject to the same laws. Therefore, access to restricted access information can only be obtained on some basis: for example, on the basis of the initiation of a criminal case.
Only publicly available information can be obtained from open databases. But not all information that can be found on the Internet is publicly available.
For example, a company has posted its details and all the necessary data needed to pay for orders. Anyone can get them and even post them on other resources - this is not a violation.