VI個人情報保護に関する国際会議

Sergey Medvedev, PhD, LLM, Senior Lawyer (Gorodissky & Partners, Moscow), attended the 6th International Conference “Personal Data Protection” held by Radiochastotny Spectr company supported by Roscomnadzor (Russian IT Regulator) at the Renaissance Moscow Monarch Centre Hotel. At the Conference the latest novellas in the field of information technologies (IT) were discussed, also the attendees shared their experience in the personal data protection field, elaborated various personal data and confidentiality protection measures for the purposes of improvement of the ways of interaction of the respective state bodies with the business (data controllers). Specifically, they discussed the latest legislative amendments concerning personal data protection, namely the data “localization” requirement in Russia (Federal Law No. 242-FZ) that came into force on the 1st of September 2015, as well as the issues related to protection of personal data on the Internet and in the state information systems, peculiarities of state control over the personal data processors/operators, international experience of regulating personal data protection, practical aspects of transfer of informational systems to Russia and keeping the data in “clouds”, interpretation of the “personal data” concept and other issues. The Conference gathered representatives of the Russian state bodies and foreign authorized bodies in charge of protection and enforcement of the rights of data subjects, different Russian and international business structures and lawyers dealing with IT and data protection.