MOSCOW, June 24 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on administrative responsibility for civil servants and financial organizations that use foreign messengers to send data of Russian citizens. The document is published on the official portal of legal information.
The law on administrative responsibility for civil servants and financial organizations that use foreign messengers to send sensitive data of Russian citizens provides for the introduction of fines only for those who begin to deeply integrate foreign messengers into their work processes related to the circulation of personal data and financial information, Anton Gorelkin, one of the co-authors of the project, Deputy Head of the Information Technology Committee, said earlier in his Telegram channel.
Civil servants will not be allowed to do this as part of the fulfillment of a state order or a municipal assignment, financial organizations are prohibited from connecting foreign messengers to their information systems, while any other communication of civil servants or bank employees in foreign messengers (including for work purposes) is not prohibited , respectively, they will not be punished for this either, he noted.
The fine for officials will be from 30 to 50 thousand rubles, for legal entities — from 100 to 700 thousand rubles.
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