Russian Federation

[RU] Personal data amendments enter into force sooner

IRIS 2015-2:1/30

Andrei Richter

Comenius University (Bratislava)

On 31 December 2014, President Putin of the Russian Federation signed into law a federal statute adopted by the State Duma on 17 December 2014. It amends the date of entry into force of the Federal Statute of 21 July 2014 N 242-FZ “On amendments to particular legal acts of the Russian Federation related to the specifics of the order of processing personal data in information-telecommunication networks” (IRIS 2014-8/35).

Originally the amendments were to enter into force on 1 September 2016, but now the date has been pushed to 1 January 2015.