Concept and Protection of Personal Data in the Context of International Legal Regulation of Digital Space

Introduction. The concept of personal data established in international legal acts as a set of specific features, relates directly or indirectly to a natural person for identification purposes. Such a broad approach links with particularities of constantly updated technologies in information and communication space, opportunities of operators and stakeholder organizations to identify the additional properties of people in the context of employment, management, available services, distance education, fast finance records etc. At the same time, classical human rights to privacy and confidentiality of personal relations and correspondence stay relevant.
Materials and methods. As for the materials, the international legal acts and the Russian legislation, and a number of domestic and foreign scientific papers on personal data protection and human rights, are presented. Methodological foundations are provided with scientific method of analysis and synthesis, comparative-legal and comparative-legal methods.
Results of the study. International legal protection of personal data presumes implementation of universal standards of human rights, specifics of help to vulnerable people, guarantees of privacy. The essential point connects with adoption of the UN Convention against cybercrime 2024, where the list of acts aimed at illegal use of information and communication systems is included, in order to provide their criminalization by State parties. CIS legal base ensures differentiated areas of cooperation, such as mutual legal assistance for exchanging personal data, development of regional digital space, information security and proper migration control. The national regulation of using personal data in the Russian Federation takes into account international legal obligations, which follow from treaties with her participation.
Discussion and conclusion. Children’s access to digital technologies with its positive and socially dangerous functions in the same time, remote forms of employment and guarantees of labor rights are the subject of special concern of international community. The active participation of international organs and UN specialized agencies to find solutions in the above agenda, should be noted. It looks promising to initiate bilateral agreements of states to consolidate a unified understanding of personal data and opportunities to protect it.

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