Digital Technologies of the European Union in Personal Data Protection

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to consider issues related to the legal protection of personal data in the European Union (EU). Based on a systematic approach and the method of comparative law, it is determined that the legal mechanisms of the EU most extensively regulate their scope, create a rigid framework for European and foreign companies and world corporations, and introduce independent regulatory authorities. This system of personal data protection is the most progressive at the moment. It is revealed that in the 20th-century mankind has experienced a rapid breakthrough of its development when the vector of technology progress was a reoriented towards information infrastructure, huge in its scale and universal coverage. Digital technologies led to the third industrial revolution, and they have entered into everyday life, both professional and domestic. Finally, the authors came to the conclusion that personal data protection rules are increasingly expanding. The world community has already realized the need to protect personal information, prevent its uncontrolled use, and the need to take sufficient measures to ensure the protection of information about the private life of everyone. Issues of cross-border transfer of personal data have become particularly important, and the trend towards the implementation of regulations on the personal data protection of an extraterritorial nature can be clearly seen

Digital Technologies of the European Union in Personal Data Protection

“…European law is a special legal system, whose norms regulate social relations emerging in the course of integration processes in the framework of the European communities and the European Union [7]. It is the totality of the national legal systems of European States, despite their very significant, sometimes fundamental differences, associated with the transfer of a number of sovereign powers by the members of the integration community to supranational institutionsthe Council of the European Union, and the European Parliament [8].…”

“…Yet, the mechanism of accountability is not worked out. In the territory of the Russian Federation, personal data operators must follow the adopted law "On personal data" [8], while the requirements of Regulation No 2016/679 do not apply to them, since Russia is not an EU member state and a party to international treaties with the EU establishing the procedure and conditions for processing personal data by Russian operators. However, Russian companies operating in the EU, for example, when processing personal data in the provision of goods and services are required to take into account the requirements of Regulation No 2016/679.…”

International experience in personal data protection

“…Personal data, due to modern technologies, move more freely, private companies and public authorities use personal data on an unprecedented scale and individuals increasingly open access to their data. The protection of personal data is also an integral part of legal regulation within an information society (Tchinaryan, Lavrentieva, Kuchenin and Neznamova, 2019). At a time of rapid integration into the world community, Russia is bringing its domestic legislation in line with international law.…”