Federal Law on Information. Federal Law “On Information

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"About information, information technology and information protection"

Adopted by the State Duma 07/08/2006
Approved by the Federation Council on July 14, 2006
Published 06/30/2014

As amended by No. 227-FZ dated July 27, 2010;
04/06/2011 N 65-FZ; 07/21/2011 N 252-FZ;
07/28/2012 N 139-FZ; 04/05/2013 N 50-FZ;
06/07/2013 N 112-FZ; 07/02/2013 N 187-FZ;
December 28, 2013 N 396-FZ; 12/28/2013 N 398-FZ
05.052014 N 97-FZ

Article 1. Scope of this Federal Law

1. This Federal Law regulates relations arising when:

1) exercising the right to search, receive, transmit, produce and distribute information;

2) application of information technologies;

3) ensuring information security.

2. The provisions of this Federal Law do not apply to relations arising during the legal protection of the results of intellectual activity and equivalent means of individualization, except for the cases provided for by this Federal Law.

(as amended by Federal Law dated July 2, 2013 N 187-FZ)

Article 2. Basic concepts used in this Federal Law

This Federal Law uses the following basic concepts:

1) information - information (messages, data) regardless of the form of their presentation;

2) information technologies - processes, methods of searching, collecting, storing, processing, providing, distributing information and methods of implementing such processes and methods;

3) information system - a set of information contained in databases and information technologies and technical means that ensure its processing;

4) information and telecommunications network - a technological system designed to transmit information over communication lines, access to which is carried out using means computer technology;

5) owner of information - a person who independently created information or received, on the basis of a law or agreement, the right to permit or restrict access to information determined by any criteria;

6) access to information - the ability to obtain information and use it;

7) confidentiality of information - a mandatory requirement for a person who has gained access to certain information not to transfer such information to third parties without the consent of its owner;

8) provision of information - actions aimed at obtaining information by a certain circle of persons or transmitting information to a certain circle of persons;

9) dissemination of information - actions aimed at obtaining information by an indefinite circle of persons or transmitting information to an indefinite circle of persons;

10) electronic message - information transmitted or received by a user of an information and telecommunication network;

11) documented information - information recorded on a tangible medium by documenting with details that make it possible to determine such information or, in cases established by the legislation of the Russian Federation, its material medium;

11.1) electronic document - documented information presented in electronic form, that is, in a form suitable for human perception using electronic computers, as well as for transmission over information and telecommunication networks or processing in information systems Oh;

(clause 11.1 introduced by Federal Law dated July 27, 2010 N 227-FZ)

12) information system operator - a citizen or legal entity engaged in operating an information system, including processing information contained in its databases;

13) site on the Internet - a set of programs for electronic computers and other information contained in an information system, access to which is provided through the information and telecommunications network "Internet" (hereinafter referred to as the "Internet") by domain names and (or ) by network addresses that allow you to identify sites on the Internet;

(Clause 13 was introduced by Federal Law No. 139-FZ of July 28, 2012, as amended by Federal Law No. 112-FZ of June 7, 2013)

(Clause 14 introduced by Federal Law dated July 28, 2012 N 139-FZ)

15) Domain name- designation by symbols intended for addressing sites on the Internet in order to provide access to information posted on the Internet;

(Clause 15 introduced by Federal Law dated July 28, 2012 N 139-FZ)

16) network address- an identifier in the data transmission network that identifies the subscriber terminal or other means of communication included in the information system when providing telematic communication services;

(Clause 16 introduced by Federal Law dated July 28, 2012 N 139-FZ)

17) owner of a site on the Internet - a person who independently and at his own discretion determines the procedure for using a site on the Internet, including the procedure for posting information on such a site;

(Clause 17 introduced by Federal Law dated July 28, 2012 N 139-FZ)

18) hosting provider - a person providing services to provide computing power to place information in an information system permanently connected to the Internet;

(Clause 18 introduced by Federal Law dated July 28, 2012 N 139-FZ)

19) one system identification and authentication - a federal state information system, the procedure for use of which is established by the Government of the Russian Federation and which provides, in cases provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation, authorized access to information contained in information systems.

(Clause 19 introduced by Federal Law dated 06/07/2013 N 112-FZ)

Article 3. Principles of legal regulation of relations in the field of information, information technology and information protection

Legal regulation of relations arising in the field of information, information technology and information protection is based on the following principles:

1) freedom to search, receive, transmit, produce and disseminate information in any legal way;

2) establishing restrictions on access to information only by federal laws;

3) openness of information about the activities of state bodies and local government bodies and free access to such information, except in cases established by federal laws;

4) equality of rights for the languages of the peoples of the Russian Federation in the creation of information systems and their operation;

5) ensuring the security of the Russian Federation during the creation of information systems, their operation and protection of the information contained in them;

6) reliability of information and timeliness of its provision;

7) inviolability of private life, inadmissibility of collecting, storing, using and disseminating information about the private life of a person without his consent;

8) the inadmissibility of establishing by regulatory legal acts any advantages of using some information technologies over others, unless the mandatory use of certain information technologies for the creation and operation of state information systems is established by federal laws.

Article 4. Legislation of the Russian Federation on information, information technologies and information protection

1. The legislation of the Russian Federation on information, information technology and information protection is based on the Constitution of the Russian Federation, international treaties of the Russian Federation and consists of this Federal Law and other federal laws governing relations on the use of information.

2. Legal regulation of relations related to the organization and activities of the media is carried out in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation on the media.

3. The procedure for storing and using documented information included in archival funds is established by the legislation on archival affairs in the Russian Federation.

Article 5. Information as an object of legal relations

1. Information may be the object of public, civil and other legal relations. Information can be freely used by any person and transferred by one person to another person, unless federal laws establish restrictions on access to information or other requirements for the procedure for its provision or distribution.

2. Information, depending on the category of access to it, is divided into publicly available information, as well as information to which access is limited by federal laws (information limited access).

3. Information, depending on the procedure for its provision or distribution, is divided into:

1) information freely disseminated;

2) information provided by agreement of persons participating in the relevant relationship;

3) information that, in accordance with federal laws, is subject to provision or distribution;

4) information the distribution of which is restricted or prohibited in the Russian Federation.

4. The legislation of the Russian Federation may establish types of information depending on its content or owner.

Article 6. Owner of information

1. The owner of information can be a citizen (individual), legal entity, Russian Federation, subject of the Russian Federation, municipal formation.

2. On behalf of the Russian Federation, a subject of the Russian Federation, a municipal entity, the powers of the information owner are exercised respectively by state bodies and local government bodies within the limits of their powers established by the relevant regulatory legal acts.

3. The owner of information, unless otherwise provided by federal laws, has the right:

1) allow or restrict access to information, determine the procedure and conditions for such access;

2) use the information, including disseminating it, at your own discretion;

3) transfer information to other persons under a contract or on other grounds established by law;

4) protect their rights in the manner established by law in the event of illegal receipt of information or its illegal use other persons;

5) carry out other actions with information or authorize such actions.

4. The owner of information, when exercising his rights, is obliged to:

1) respect the rights and legitimate interests of other persons;

2) take measures to protect information;

3) limit access to information if such an obligation is established by federal laws.

Article 7. Public information

1. Public information includes generally known information and other information to which access is not limited.

2. Public information can be used by any persons at their discretion, subject to the restrictions established by federal laws regarding the dissemination of such information.

3. The owner of information that has become publicly available by his decision has the right to demand that persons distributing such information indicate themselves as the source of such information.

4. Information posted by its owners on the Internet in a format that allows automated processing without prior human changes for the purpose of re-use is publicly available information posted in the form of open data.

(Part 4 introduced by Federal Law dated 06/07/2013 N 112-FZ)

5. Information in the form of open data is posted on the Internet, taking into account the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation on state secrets. If posting information in the form of open data may lead to the dissemination of information constituting state secrets, posting specified information in the form of open data must be terminated at the request of the body empowered to dispose of such information.

(Part 5 introduced by Federal Law dated 06/07/2013 N 112-FZ)

6. If the posting of information in the form of open data may entail a violation of the rights of owners of information, access to which is limited in accordance with federal laws, or a violation of the rights of subjects of personal data, the placement of this information in the form of open data must be stopped by decision court. If the placement of information in the form of open data is carried out in violation of the requirements of the Federal Law of July 27, 2006 N 152-FZ "On Personal Data", the placement of information in the form of open data must be suspended or terminated at the request of the authorized body for the protection of the rights of subjects personal data.

(Part 6 introduced by Federal Law dated 06/07/2013 N 112-FZ)

Article 8. Right of access to information

1. Citizens ( individuals) and organizations ( legal entities) (hereinafter referred to as organizations) have the right to search and receive any information in any forms and from any sources, subject to compliance with the requirements established by this Federal Law and other federal laws.

2. A citizen (individual) has the right to receive from state bodies, local self-government bodies, and their officials in the manner established by the legislation of the Russian Federation, information that directly affects his rights and freedoms.

3. The organization has the right to receive from state bodies and local self-government bodies information directly related to the rights and obligations of this organization, as well as information necessary in connection with interaction with these bodies when this organization carries out its statutory activities.

4. Access to:

1) regulatory legal acts affecting the rights, freedoms and responsibilities of humans and citizens, as well as establishing the legal status of organizations and the powers of state bodies and local governments;

2) information about the state of the environment;

3) information on the activities of state bodies and local governments, as well as on the use budget funds(except for information constituting state or official secrets);

4) information accumulated in open collections of libraries, museums and archives, as well as in state, municipal and other information systems created or intended to provide citizens (individuals) and organizations with such information;

5) other information, the inadmissibility of restricting access to which is established by federal laws.

5. State bodies and local self-government bodies are obliged to provide access, including using information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet, to information about their activities in Russian and the state language of the corresponding republic within the Russian Federation in accordance with federal laws, laws of constituent entities of the Russian Federation and regulatory legal acts of local governments. A person wishing to gain access to such information is not required to justify the need to obtain it.

6. Decisions and actions (inaction) of state bodies and local self-government bodies, public associations, officials that violate the right to access to information can be appealed to a higher body or higher official or to the court.

7. If, as a result of an unlawful refusal of access to information, its untimely provision, or the provision of information that is knowingly unreliable or inconsistent with the content of the request, losses were caused, such losses are subject to compensation in accordance with civil law.

8. Information is provided free of charge:

1) on the activities of state bodies and local government bodies, posted by such bodies in information and telecommunication networks;

2) affecting the rights and obligations of the interested person established by the legislation of the Russian Federation;

3) other information established by law.

9. Establishing a fee for the provision by a state body or local government body of information about its activities is possible only in cases and under the conditions established by federal laws.

Article 9. Restriction of access to information

1. Restrictions on access to information are established by federal laws in order to protect the foundations of the constitutional system, morality, health, rights and legitimate interests of other persons, to ensure the defense of the country and the security of the state.

2. It is mandatory to maintain the confidentiality of information, access to which is limited by federal laws.

3. Protection of information constituting a state secret is carried out in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation on state secrets.

Note:
On the issue concerning the procedure for handling official information of limited distribution in federal executive authorities, see Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of November 3, 1994 N 1233.

4. Federal laws establish the conditions for classifying information as information constituting a trade secret, official secret and other secret, the obligation to maintain the confidentiality of such information, as well as responsibility for its disclosure.

5. Information received by citizens (individuals) in the performance of their professional duties or by organizations in the performance of certain types of activities (professional secrets) is subject to protection in cases where these persons are obligated by federal laws to maintain the confidentiality of such information.

6. Information constituting a professional secret may be provided to third parties in accordance with federal laws and (or) by court decision.

7. The period for fulfilling obligations to maintain the confidentiality of information constituting a professional secret can be limited only with the consent of the citizen (individual) who provided such information about himself.

8. It is prohibited to require a citizen (individual) to provide information about his private life, including information constituting a personal or family secret, and to receive such information against the will of the citizen (individual), unless otherwise provided by federal laws.

9. The procedure for access to personal data of citizens (individuals) is established by the federal law on personal data.

Article 10. Dissemination of information or provision of information

1. In the Russian Federation, the dissemination of information is carried out freely subject to the requirements established by the legislation of the Russian Federation.

2. Information disseminated without the use of the media must include reliable information about its owner or about another person disseminating information, in a form and volume that is sufficient to identify such person.

3. When using means to disseminate information that allow you to identify recipients of information, including postal items And emails, the person disseminating information is obliged to provide the recipient of the information with the opportunity to refuse such information.

4. The provision of information is carried out in the manner established by agreement of the persons participating in the exchange of information.

5. Cases and conditions for the mandatory dissemination of information or provision of information, including the provision of legal copies of documents, are established by federal laws.

6. It is prohibited to disseminate information that is aimed at promoting war, inciting national, racial or religious hatred and enmity, as well as other information for the dissemination of which criminal or administrative liability is provided.

Article 10.1. Responsibilities of the organizer of information dissemination on the Internet

1. The organizer of the dissemination of information on the Internet is a person carrying out activities to ensure the functioning of information systems and (or) programs for electronic computers that are intended and (or) used for receiving, transmitting, delivering and (or) processing electronic messages Internet users.

2. The organizer of the dissemination of information on the Internet is obliged, in accordance with the procedure established by the Government of the Russian Federation, to notify the federal executive body exercising control and supervision functions in the field of media, mass communications, information technology and communications, about the start of the activities specified in Part 1 of this article.

3. The organizer of information dissemination on the Internet is obliged to store information on the facts of reception, transmission, delivery and (or) processing on the territory of the Russian Federation voice information, written text, images, sounds or other electronic messages from users of the Internet and information about these users within six months from the date of completion of such actions, as well as provide this information to authorized government bodies carrying out operational investigative activities or ensuring the security of the Russian Federation Federation, in cases established by federal laws.

4. The organizer of the dissemination of information on the Internet is obliged to ensure the implementation of the requirements for equipment and software and hardware used by the specified organizer in the information systems operated by him, for these bodies, in cases established by federal laws, to carry out activities in order to implement the tasks assigned to them, as well as take measures to prevent the disclosure of organizational and tactical methods for carrying out these activities. The procedure for interaction between organizers of information dissemination on the Internet and authorized government bodies carrying out operational intelligence activities or ensuring the security of the Russian Federation is established by the Government of the Russian Federation.

5. The obligations provided for by this article do not apply to operators of state information systems, operators of municipal information systems, telecom operators providing communication services on the basis of an appropriate license, in terms of licensed activities, and also do not apply to citizens (individuals) carrying out the specified in part 1 of this article, activities for personal, family and household needs. For the purpose of applying the provisions of this article, the Government of the Russian Federation determines a list of personal, family and household needs when carrying out the activities specified in Part 1 of this article.

6. The composition of information to be stored in accordance with Part 3 of this article, the place and rules for its storage, the procedure for its provision to authorized state bodies carrying out operational investigative activities or ensuring the security of the Russian Federation, as well as the procedure for monitoring the activities of organizers of the dissemination of information in the Internet network associated with the storage of such information, and the federal executive body authorized to exercise this control are determined by the Government of the Russian Federation.

(Article 10.1 introduced by Federal Law dated 05.05.2014 N 97-FZ)

Article 10.2. Peculiarities of a blogger distributing publicly available information

1. The owner of the site and (or) site page on the Internet, on which publicly available information is posted and accessed during the day by more than three thousand Internet users (hereinafter referred to as the blogger), when posting and using this information, including when posting the specified information on this website or website page by other Internet users, he is obliged to ensure compliance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, in particular:

1) do not allow the use of a site or a page of a site on the Internet for the purpose of committing criminal acts, for disclosing information constituting state or other secrets specially protected by law, for distributing materials containing public calls for terrorist activities or publicly justifying terrorism, other extremist materials, as well as materials promoting pornography, the cult of violence and cruelty, and materials containing obscene language;

2) check the accuracy of publicly posted information before it is posted and immediately remove the posted inaccurate information;

3) prevent the dissemination of information about the private life of a citizen in violation of civil law;

4) comply with the prohibitions and restrictions provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation on referendums and the legislation of the Russian Federation on elections;

5) comply with the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation regulating the procedure for disseminating mass information;

6) respect the rights and legitimate interests of citizens and organizations, including the honor, dignity and business reputation of citizens, the business reputation of organizations.

2. When posting information on a website or a website page on the Internet, the following is not allowed:

1) use of a website or website page on the Internet for the purpose of concealing or falsifying socially significant information, disseminating knowingly false information under the guise of reliable messages;

2) dissemination of information with the aim of defaming a citizen or certain categories of citizens on the basis of gender, age, race or nationality, language, attitude to religion, profession, place of residence and work, as well as in connection with their political beliefs.

3. The blogger has the right:

1) freely search, receive, transmit and distribute information in any way in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation;

2) express on your website or website page on the Internet your personal judgments and assessments, indicating your name or pseudonym;

3) post or allow the posting on your website or website page on the Internet of texts and (or) other materials of other Internet users, if the placement of such texts and (or) other materials does not contradict the legislation of the Russian Federation;

4. Abuse of the right to disseminate publicly available information, expressed in violation of the requirements of parts 1, 2 and 3 of this article, entails criminal, administrative or other liability in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation.

5. The blogger is obliged to place his last name and initials on his website or website page on the Internet, email address to send him legally significant messages.

6. The blogger is obliged to post on his website or website page on the Internet immediately upon receipt of a court decision that has entered into legal force and contains a requirement for its publication on this website or website page.

7. Owners of sites on the Internet that are registered in accordance with the Law of the Russian Federation of December 27, 1991 N 2124-1 “On the Mass Media” as online publications are not bloggers.

8. The federal executive body, exercising the functions of control and supervision in the field of media, mass communications, information technology and communications, maintains a register of sites and (or) pages of sites on the Internet on which publicly available information and access to which during the day is more than three thousand Internet users. In order to ensure the formation of a register of sites and (or) pages of sites on the Internet, the federal executive body exercising control and supervision functions in the field of media, mass communications, information technology and communications:

1) organizes monitoring of sites and pages of sites on the Internet;

2) approves the methodology for determining the number of users of a site or site page on the Internet per day;

3) has the right to request from organizers of information dissemination on the Internet, bloggers and other persons the information necessary to maintain such a register. These persons are required to provide the requested information no later than ten days from the date of receipt of the request from the federal executive body exercising control and supervision functions in the field of the media, mass communications, information technology and communications.

9. In case of detection in information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet, sites or pages of sites that contain publicly available information and access to which during the day is more than three thousand Internet users, including consideration of the relevant appeals from citizens or organizations, the federal executive body exercising control and supervision functions in the field of media, mass communications, information technology and communications:

1) includes the specified site or page of a site on the Internet in the register of sites and (or) pages of sites on the Internet on which publicly available information is posted and accessed by more than three thousand Internet users during the day;

2) determines the hosting provider or other person providing placement of the site or site page on the Internet;

3) sends a notification to the hosting provider or the person specified in paragraph 2 of this part in electronic format in Russian and English languages about the need to provide data to identify the blogger;

4) records the date and time of sending the notification to the hosting provider or the person specified in paragraph 2 of this part in the relevant information system.

10. Within three working days from the date of receipt of the notification specified in paragraph 3 of part 9 of this article, the hosting provider or the person specified in paragraph 2 of part 9 of this article is required to provide data allowing the blogger to be identified.

11. After receiving the data specified in paragraph 3 of part 9 of this article, the federal executive body exercising control and supervision functions in the field of media, mass communications, information technology and communications, sends a notification to the blogger about the inclusion of his website or website page in the register of sites and (or) pages of sites on the Internet, which contain publicly available information and access to which during the day is more than three thousand Internet users, indicating the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation applicable to this site or page website on the Internet.

12. If access to a site or a site page on the Internet for three months is less than three thousand Internet users per day, this site or this page site on the Internet, at the request of the blogger, is excluded from the register of sites and (or) pages of sites on the Internet that host publicly available information and access to which during the day is more than three thousand Internet users, about which the blogger a corresponding notification is sent. This site or site page on the Internet may be excluded from this register in the absence of a statement from the blogger, if access to this site or site page on the Internet for six months is less than three thousand Internet users per day. .

(Article 10.2 introduced by Federal Law dated 05.05.2014 N 97-FZ)

Article 11. Documentation of information

1. The legislation of the Russian Federation or agreement of the parties may establish requirements for documenting information.

2. In federal executive authorities, documentation of information is carried out in the manner established by the Government of the Russian Federation. The rules of office work and document flow established by other state bodies and local government bodies within their competence must comply with the requirements established by the Government of the Russian Federation in terms of office work and document flow for federal executive authorities.

3. Lost power. - Federal Law of 04/06/2011 N 65-FZ.

4. For the purpose of concluding civil contracts or formalizing other legal relations in which persons exchanging electronic messages participate, the exchange of electronic messages, each of which is signed with an electronic signature or other analogue of the handwritten signature of the sender of such a message, in the manner established by federal laws, other regulatory legal acts or agreement of the parties is considered as an exchange of documents.

(as amended by Federal Law dated 04/06/2011 N 65-FZ)

5. Ownership and other proprietary rights to material media, containing documented information, are established by civil law.

Article 12. State regulation in the field of application of information technologies

1. State regulation in the field of application of information technologies provides for:

1) regulation of relations related to the search, receipt, transmission, production and dissemination of information using information technology (informatization), based on the principles established by this Federal Federal Law;

2) development of information systems for various purposes to provide citizens (individuals), organizations, state bodies and local governments with information, as well as ensuring the interaction of such systems;

3) creating conditions for effective use in the Russian Federation, information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet and other similar information and telecommunication networks;

4) provision information security children.

(Clause 4 introduced by Federal Law dated July 21, 2011 N 252-FZ)

2. State bodies, local government bodies in accordance with their powers:

1) participate in the development and implementation targeted programs application of information technology;

2) create information systems and provide access to the information contained in them in Russian and the state language of the corresponding republic within the Russian Federation.

Article 13. Information systems

1. Information systems include:

1) state information systems - federal information systems and regional information systems created on the basis of, respectively, federal laws, laws of constituent entities of the Russian Federation, on the basis of legal acts of state bodies;

2) municipal information systems created on the basis of a decision of a local government body;

3) other information systems.

2. Unless otherwise established by federal laws, the operator of an information system is the owner of the technical means used to process information contained in databases, who lawfully uses such databases, or the person with whom this owner has entered into an agreement on the operation of the information system. In cases and in the manner established by federal laws, the information system operator must ensure the possibility of posting information on the Internet in the form of open data.

3. The rights of the owner of information contained in information system databases are subject to protection regardless of copyright and other rights to such databases.

4. The requirements for state information systems established by this Federal Law apply to municipal information systems, unless otherwise provided by the legislation of the Russian Federation on local self-government.

5. Features of the operation of state information systems and municipal information systems can be established in accordance with technical regulations, regulatory legal acts of state bodies, regulatory legal acts of local governments that make decisions on the creation of such information systems.

6. The procedure for the creation and operation of information systems that are not state information systems or municipal information systems is determined by the operators of such information systems in accordance with the requirements established by this Federal Law or other federal laws.

Article 14. State information systems

1. State information systems are created in order to implement the powers of state bodies and ensure the exchange of information between these bodies, as well as for other purposes established by federal laws.

2. State information systems are created and operated taking into account the requirements stipulated by the legislation of the Russian Federation on the contract system in the field of procurement of goods, works, services to meet state and municipal needs.

(Part 2 as amended by Federal Law dated December 28, 2013 N 396-FZ)

3. State information systems are created and operated on the basis of statistical and other documented information provided by citizens (individuals), organizations, government agencies, and local governments.

4. Lists of types of information provided on a mandatory basis are established by federal laws, the conditions for its provision - by the Government of the Russian Federation or relevant government bodies, unless otherwise provided by federal laws. In the event that during the creation or operation of state information systems it is intended to implement or process publicly available information provided for by the lists approved in accordance with Article 14 of the Federal Law of February 9, 2009 N 8-FZ "On ensuring access to information on the activities of state bodies and local governments", state information systems must ensure the placement of such information on the Internet in the form of open data.

(as amended by Federal Law dated 06/07/2013 N 112-FZ)

4.1. The Government of the Russian Federation determines cases in which access via the Internet to information contained in state information systems is provided exclusively to information users who have been authorized in the unified identification and authentication system, as well as the procedure for using the unified identification and authentication system.

(Part 4.1 introduced by Federal Law dated 06/07/2013 N 112-FZ)

5. Unless otherwise established by the decision on the creation of a state information system, the functions of its operator are carried out by the customer who concluded government contract to create such an information system. In this case, the commissioning of the state information system is carried out in the manner established by the specified customer.

6. The Government of the Russian Federation has the right to establish requirements for the procedure for creating and putting into operation individual state information systems.

(as amended by Federal Law dated December 28, 2013 N 396-FZ)

7. It is not allowed to operate the state information system without properly registering the rights to use its components that are objects intellectual property.

8. Technical means intended for processing information contained in state information systems, including software technical means and information security means must comply with the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation on technical regulation.

9. Information contained in state information systems, as well as other information and documents available to state bodies are state-owned information resources. The information contained in government information systems is official. State bodies, determined in accordance with the regulatory legal act regulating the functioning of the state information system, are obliged to ensure the reliability and relevance of the information contained in this information system, access to this information in cases and in the manner provided for by law, as well as the protection of this information from unlawful access, destruction, modification, blocking, copying, provision, distribution and other illegal actions.

(as amended by Federal Law dated July 27, 2010 N 227-FZ)

Article 15. Use of information and telecommunication networks

1. On the territory of the Russian Federation, the use of information and telecommunication networks is carried out in compliance with the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation in the field of communications, this Federal Law and other regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation.

2. Regulation of the use of information and telecommunication networks, access to which is not limited to a certain circle of persons, is carried out in the Russian Federation taking into account the generally accepted international practice of self-regulatory organizations in this area. The procedure for using other information and telecommunication networks is determined by the owners of such networks, taking into account the requirements established by this Federal Law.

3. The use of information and telecommunication networks in economic or other activities on the territory of the Russian Federation cannot serve as a basis for establishing additional requirements or restrictions regarding the regulation of specified activities carried out without the use of such networks, as well as for non-compliance with the requirements established by federal laws.

4. Federal laws may provide for mandatory identification of individuals and organizations using the information and telecommunications network when carrying out business activities. In this case, the recipient of an electronic message located on the territory of the Russian Federation has the right to conduct a check to determine the sender of the electronic message, and in cases established by federal laws or an agreement of the parties, he is obliged to conduct such a check.

5. The transfer of information through the use of information and telecommunication networks is carried out without restrictions, subject to compliance with the requirements established by federal laws for the dissemination of information and the protection of intellectual property. The transfer of information may be limited only in the manner and under the conditions established by federal laws.

6. Features of connecting state information systems to information and telecommunication networks can be established by a regulatory legal act of the President of the Russian Federation or a regulatory legal act of the Government of the Russian Federation.

Article 15.1. Single register domain names, page indexes of sites on the Internet and network addresses that allow identification of sites on the Internet containing information the distribution of which is prohibited in the Russian Federation

(introduced by Federal Law dated July 28, 2012 N 139-FZ)

1. In order to limit access to sites on the Internet containing information the dissemination of which is prohibited in the Russian Federation, a unified automated information system is being created “Unified Register of domain names, indexes of pages of sites on the Internet and network addresses that allow the identification of sites on the Internet containing information the distribution of which is prohibited in the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as the register).

2. The register includes:

1) domain names and (or) page indexes of sites on the Internet containing information the distribution of which is prohibited in the Russian Federation;

2) network addresses that allow you to identify sites on the Internet containing information the distribution of which is prohibited in the Russian Federation.

3. The creation, formation and maintenance of the register are carried out by the federal executive body exercising control and supervision functions in the field of the media, mass communications, information technology and communications, in the manner established by the Government of the Russian Federation.

4. The federal executive body exercising the functions of control and supervision in the field of media, mass communications, information technology and communications, in the manner and in accordance with the criteria determined by the Government of the Russian Federation, may involve the registry operator in the formation and maintenance of the register - an organization registered on the territory of the Russian Federation.

5. The grounds for including the information specified in the register are:

1) decisions of federal executive bodies authorized by the Government of the Russian Federation, adopted in accordance with their competence in the manner established by the Government of the Russian Federation, in relation to those distributed via the Internet:

a) materials with pornographic images of minors and (or) advertisements for the involvement of minors as performers to participate in entertainment events of a pornographic nature;

b) information on the methods, methods of development, production and use of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and their precursors, places of purchase of such drugs, substances and their precursors, methods and places of cultivation of narcotic plants;

c) information about methods of committing suicide, as well as calls to commit suicide;

d) information about a minor who has suffered as a result of unlawful actions (inaction), the dissemination of which is prohibited by federal laws;

(Clause “d” was introduced by Federal Law No. 50-FZ dated 04/05/2013)

2) a court decision that has entered into legal force recognizing information distributed via the Internet as information the distribution of which is prohibited in the Russian Federation.

6. The decision to include in the register domain names, indexes of pages of sites on the Internet and network addresses that allow identification of sites on the Internet containing information the distribution of which is prohibited in the Russian Federation may be appealed by the owner of the site on the Internet ", hosting provider, telecom operator providing services for providing access to the Internet information and telecommunications network, to the court within three months from the date of such decision.

7. Within 24 hours from the moment of receipt from the registry operator of a notification about the inclusion of a domain name and (or) index of a site page on the Internet in the registry, the hosting provider is obliged to inform the owner of the Internet site it serves about this and notify him of the need immediate deletion of an Internet page containing information the distribution of which is prohibited in the Russian Federation.

8. Within 24 hours from the moment of receipt from the hosting provider of a notification about the inclusion of a domain name and (or) index of a site page on the Internet in the register, the owner of a site on the Internet is obliged to delete the Internet page containing information that is distributed in the Russian Federation. Federation is prohibited. In case of refusal or inaction of the owner of a site on the Internet, the hosting provider is obliged to limit access to such site on the Internet for 24 hours.

9. If the hosting provider and (or) owner of the Internet site fails to take the measures specified in and , the network address that allows identification of the Internet site containing information the dissemination of which is prohibited in the Russian Federation is included in the register.

10. Within 24 hours from the moment of inclusion in the register of a network address that allows identifying a site on the Internet containing information the distribution of which is prohibited in the Russian Federation, a telecom operator providing services for providing access to the Internet information and telecommunications network is obliged restrict access to such a site on the Internet.

11. The federal executive body exercising the functions of control and supervision in the field of media, mass communications, information technology and communications, or attracted by it in accordance with the registry operator, excludes from the registry the domain name, website page index on the Internet, or a network address that allows you to identify a site on the Internet based on a request from the owner of the site on the Internet, a hosting provider or a telecom operator providing services for providing access to the Internet information and telecommunications network, no later than within three days from the date of such application after measures have been taken to remove information, the dissemination of which is prohibited in the Russian Federation, or on the basis of a court decision that has entered into legal force to cancel the decision of the federal executive body exercising control and supervision functions in the field of the media, mass communications, information technologies and communications, on inclusion in the register of a domain name, a site page index on the Internet or a network address that allows identifying a site on the Internet.

12. The procedure for interaction between the registry operator and the hosting provider and the procedure for obtaining access to information contained in the registry by a telecom operator providing services for providing access to the Internet information and telecommunications network are established by the federal executive body authorized by the Government of the Russian Federation.

13. The procedure for restricting access to sites on the Internet, provided for by this article, does not apply to information, the procedure for restricting access to which is provided for by this Federal Law.

(Part 13 introduced by Federal Law dated December 28, 2013 N 398-FZ)

Article 15.2. The procedure for restricting access to information distributed in violation of exclusive rights to films, including movies, television films

(introduced by Federal Law dated July 2, 2013 N 187-FZ)

1. The copyright holder in the event of discovery in information and telecommunication networks, including on the Internet, films, including movies, television films, or information necessary to obtain them using information and telecommunication networks, which are distributed without his permission or other legal basis, has the right to apply to the federal executive body exercising the functions of control and supervision in the field of media, mass communications, information technology and communications, with an application to take measures to limit access to information resources distributing such films or information, based on the entered by virtue of a judicial act. Form said statement approved by the federal executive body exercising control and supervision functions in the field of media, mass communications, information technology and communications.

2. The federal executive body exercising control and supervision functions in the field of media, mass communications, information technology and communications, on the basis of a judicial act that has entered into force, within three working days:

1) determines the hosting provider or other person providing placement on the information and telecommunications network, including the Internet, of the specified information resource serving the owner of the site on the Internet, which contains information containing films, including movies, television films, or information necessary to obtain them using information and telecommunication networks, without the permission of the copyright holder or other legal basis;

2) sends to the hosting provider or other person specified in this part an electronic notification in Russian and English about the violation of exclusive rights to films, including motion pictures, television films, indicating the name of the work, its author, copyright holder, domain name and network address , allowing to identify a site on the Internet that contains information containing films, including movies, television films, or information necessary to obtain them using information and telecommunication networks, without the permission of the copyright holder or other legal basis, as well as pointers pages of the site on the Internet that allow identification of such information, and with the requirement to take measures to remove such information;

3) records the date and time of sending the notification to the hosting provider or other person specified in this part in the relevant information system.

3. Within one business day from the receipt of the notification specified in this article, the hosting provider or other person specified in this article is obliged to inform the owner of the information resource they serve about this and notify him of the need to immediately remove illegally posted information and (or) accept measures to restrict access to it.

4. Within one business day from the moment of receipt from the hosting provider or other person specified in this article of the need to delete illegally posted information, the owner of the information resource is obliged to delete such information. In the event of refusal or inaction of the owner of an information resource, the hosting provider or other person specified in this article is obliged to restrict access to the corresponding information resource no later than the expiration of three working days from the date of receipt of the notification specified in this article.

5. If the hosting provider or other person specified in this article and (or) the owner of the information resource fails to take the measures specified in this article, the domain name of the site on the Internet, its network address, indexes of the site’s pages on the Internet , allowing to identify information containing films, including movies, television films, or information necessary to obtain them using information and telecommunication networks, and posted without the permission of the copyright holder or other legal basis, as well as other information about this site and information are sent to interaction system for telecom operators to take measures to limit access to this information resource, including a website on the Internet, or information posted on it.

6. The federal executive body exercising the functions of control and supervision in the field of mass media, mass communications, information technology and communications, on the basis of a judicial act that has entered into force, within three working days from the date of receipt of the judicial act on the lifting of restrictions on access to information resource containing films, including movies, television films, or information necessary to obtain them using information and telecommunication networks that are distributed without the permission of the copyright holder or other legal basis, notifies the hosting provider or other person specified in this article and telecom operators about cancellation of measures to restrict access to this information resource.

7. Within 24 hours from the moment of receiving through the interaction system information about an information resource containing films, including movies, television films, or information necessary to obtain them using information and telecommunication networks that are distributed without the permission of the copyright holder or other legal basis, A telecommunications operator providing services for providing access to the Internet information and telecommunications network is obliged to limit access to such information resources, including a website on the Internet, or a website page.

8. The procedure for the functioning of the information interaction system is established by the federal executive body exercising control and supervision functions in the field of the media, mass communications, information technology and communications.

9. The procedure provided for in this article does not apply to information subject to inclusion in the register in accordance with this Federal Law.

Article 15.3. The procedure for restricting access to information distributed in violation of the law

(introduced by Federal Law dated December 28, 2013 N 398-FZ)

Article 15.4. The procedure for restricting access to the information resource of the organizer of information dissemination on the Internet

1. In case of failure by the organizer of the dissemination of information on the Internet to fulfill the obligations provided for in Article 10.1 of this Federal Law, established by a resolution that has entered into legal force in a case of an administrative offense, a notification is sent to his address (the address of his branch or representative office) by the authorized federal executive body , which indicates the period for fulfilling such duties, which is no less than fifteen days.

2. If the organizer of information dissemination on the Internet fails to fulfill, within the period specified in the notification, the obligations provided for in Article 10.1 of this Federal Law, access to information systems and (or) programs for electronic computers that are intended and (or) used for receiving , transmission, delivery and (or) processing of electronic messages of Internet users and the functioning of which is ensured by this organizer, until such obligations are fulfilled, is limited to the telecom operator providing services for providing access to the Internet, on the basis of a court decision that has entered into legal force or a decision of an authorized federal executive body.

3. The procedure for interaction of the authorized federal executive body with the organizer of the dissemination of information on the Internet, the procedure for sending the notification specified in Part 1 of this article, the procedure for limiting and restoring access to the information systems and (or) programs specified in Part 2 of this article and the procedure informing citizens (individuals) about such restrictions is established by the Government of the Russian Federation.

(Article 15.3 introduced by Federal Law dated 05.05.2014 N 97-FZ)

1. If information containing calls for mass riots, extremist activities, or participation in mass (public) events held in violation of the established procedure is detected in information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet, including the case of notification on the dissemination of such information from federal government bodies, government bodies of constituent entities of the Russian Federation, local government bodies, organizations or citizens, the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation or his deputies sends a request to the federal executive body exercising control and supervision functions in the field of mass media information, mass communications, information technology and communications, on taking measures to limit access to information resources that disseminate such information.

2. The federal executive body exercising control and supervision functions in the field of media, mass communications, information technology and communications, on the basis of the application specified in this article, immediately:

1) sends through the interaction system to telecom operators a requirement to take measures to limit access to an information resource, including a website on the Internet, or to information posted on it and containing calls for mass riots, extremist activities, participation in mass (public) events held in violation of the established order. This requirement must contain the domain name of the site on the Internet, the network address, and pointers to the pages of the site on the Internet, allowing identification of such information;

2) determines the hosting provider or other person providing placement on the information and telecommunications network, including the Internet, of the specified information resource serving the owner of the site on the Internet, which contains information containing calls for mass riots, carrying out extremist activities, participating in mass (public) events held in violation of the established order;

3) sends to the hosting provider or other person specified in this part a notification in electronic form in Russian and English about a violation of the procedure for disseminating information, indicating the domain name and network address that allows identifying the site on the Internet on which information containing appeals is posted to mass unrest, extremist activities, participation in mass (public) events held in violation of the established order, as well as indexes of website pages on the Internet that allow identification of such information, and with the requirement to take measures to remove such information;

4) records the date and time of sending the notification to the hosting provider or other person specified in this part in the relevant information system.

3. After receiving, through the interaction system, a request from the federal executive body exercising control and supervision functions in the field of media, mass communications, information technology and communications, to take measures to restrict access to the telecom operator providing services for providing access to information telecommunications network "Internet", is obliged to immediately restrict access to an information resource, including a site on the Internet, or to information posted on it and containing calls for mass unrest, extremist activities, participation in mass (public) events carried out in violation of the established procedure.

4. Within 24 hours from the receipt of the notification specified in this article, the hosting provider or other person specified in this article is obliged to inform the owner of the information resource they serve about this and notify him of the need to immediately remove information containing calls for mass riots, extremist activities, participation in mass (public) events held in violation of the established order.

5. If the owner of an information resource has deleted information containing calls for mass riots, extremist activities, participation in mass (public) events held in violation of the established procedure, he sends a notification about this to the federal executive body exercising the functions of control and supervision in the field of media, mass communications, information technology and communications. Such notice may also be sent electronically.

6. After receiving the notification specified in this article and verifying its accuracy, the federal executive body exercising control and supervision functions in the field of media, mass communications, information technology and communications is obliged to immediately notify the communication operator providing services for providing access to the Internet information and telecommunications network, and the restoration of access to an information resource, including a website on the Internet.

7. After receiving the notification specified in this article, the telecom operator immediately resumes access to the information resource, including the site on the Internet.

Article 16. Information protection

1. Information protection is the adoption of legal, organizational and technical measures aimed at:

1) ensuring the protection of information from unauthorized access, destruction, modification, blocking, copying, provision, distribution, as well as from other unlawful actions in relation to such information;

2) maintaining the confidentiality of restricted information;

3) implementation of the right to access information.

2. State regulation of relations in the field of information protection is carried out by establishing requirements for the protection of information, as well as liability for violation of the legislation of the Russian Federation on information, information technologies and information protection.

3. Requirements for the protection of publicly available information may be established only to achieve the goals specified in part 1 of this article.

4. The owner of information, the operator of the information system in cases established by the legislation of the Russian Federation, are obliged to ensure:

1) prevention of unauthorized access to information and (or) transfer of it to persons who do not have the right to access information;

2) timely detection of facts of unauthorized access to information;

3) preventing the possibility of adverse consequences of violating the procedure for access to information;

4) preventing influence on technical means of information processing, as a result of which their functioning is disrupted;

5) the possibility of immediate restoration of information modified or destroyed due to unauthorized access to it;

6) constant control ensuring the level of information security.

5. Requirements for the protection of information contained in state information systems are established by the federal executive body in the field of security and the federal executive body authorized in the field of countering technical intelligence and technical protection information within the limits of their authority. When creating and operating state information systems, the methods and methods used to protect information must comply with the specified requirements.

6. Federal laws may establish restrictions on the use of certain information security tools and the implementation of certain types of activities in the field of information security.

Article 17. Responsibility for offenses in the field of information, information technology and information protection

1. Violation of the requirements of this Federal Law entails disciplinary, civil, administrative or criminal liability in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation.

2. Persons whose rights and legitimate interests were violated in connection with the disclosure of restricted information or other unlawful use of such information have the right to apply in the prescribed manner for judicial protection of their rights, including claims for damages, compensation for moral damage, protection honor, dignity and business reputation. A claim for compensation for damages cannot be satisfied if it is presented by a person who did not take measures to maintain the confidentiality of information or violated the requirements for the protection of information established by the legislation of the Russian Federation, if the adoption of these measures and compliance with such requirements were the responsibilities of this person.

3. If the dissemination of certain information is limited or prohibited by federal laws, the person providing the services does not bear civil liability for the dissemination of such information:

1) or by transfer of information provided by another person, provided that it is transferred without changes or corrections;

2) or for storing information and providing access to it, provided that this person could not know about the illegality of the dissemination of information.

4. The hosting provider and the owner of the site on the Internet are not responsible to the copyright holder and to the user for limiting access to information and (or) limiting its distribution in accordance with the requirements of this Federal Law.

(Part 4 introduced by Federal Law dated July 2, 2013 N 187-FZ)

Article 18. On the recognition as invalid of certain legislative acts (provisions of legislative acts) of the Russian Federation

From the date of entry into force of this Federal Law, the following shall be declared invalid:

1) Federal Law of February 20, 1995 No. 24-FZ “On information, informatization and information protection” (Collected Legislation of the Russian Federation, 1995, No. 8, Art. 609);

2) Federal Law of July 4, 1996 N 85-FZ “On participation in international information exchange” (Collected Legislation of the Russian Federation, 1996, N 28, Art. 3347);

3) Article 16 of the Federal Law of January 10, 2003 N 15-FZ “On introducing amendments and additions to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation in connection with the adoption of the Federal Law “On licensing of certain types of activities” (Collected Legislation of the Russian Federation, 2003, N 2 , Art. 167);

4) Article 21 of the Federal Law of June 30, 2003 N 86-FZ “On introducing amendments and additions to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation, declaring certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation as invalid, granting separate guarantees employees of internal affairs bodies, bodies for control over the circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances and the abolished federal tax police bodies in connection with the implementation of measures to improve government controlled"(Collected Legislation of the Russian Federation, 2003, No. 27, Art. 2700);

5) Article 39 of the Federal Law of June 29, 2004 N 58-FZ “On amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation and the recognition as invalid of certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation in connection with the implementation of measures to improve public administration” (Collection of Legislation of the Russian Federation, 2004, No. 27, Article 2711).

President of Russian Federation
V. Putin

Article 1. Scope of this Federal Law
Article 2. Basic concepts used in this Federal Law
Article 3. Principles of legal regulation of relations in the field of information, information technology and information protection
Article 4. Legislation of the Russian Federation on information, information technologies and information protection
Article 5. Information as an object of legal relations
Article 6. Owner of information
Article 7. Public information
Article 8. Right of access to information
Article 9. Restriction of access to information
Article 10. Dissemination of information or provision of information
Article 10.1. Responsibilities of the organizer of information dissemination on the Internet
Article 10.2. Features of the blogger’s dissemination of publicly available information. (No longer valid)
Article 10.3. Responsibilities of a search engine operator
Article 10.4. Features of information dissemination by a news aggregator
Article 11. Documentation of information
Article 11.1. Exchange of information in the form of electronic documents in the exercise of powers of state authorities and local governments
Article 12. State regulation in the field of application of information technologies
Article 13. Information systems
Article 14. State information systems
Article 15. Use of information and telecommunication networks
Article 15.1. A unified register of domain names, page indexes of sites on the Internet and network addresses that allow identification of sites on the Internet containing information the distribution of which is prohibited in the Russian Federation
Article 15.2. The procedure for restricting access to information distributed in violation of exclusive rights to films, including movies, television films
Article 15.3. The procedure for restricting access to information distributed in violation of the law
Article 15.4. The procedure for restricting access to the information resource of the organizer of information dissemination on the Internet
Article 15.5. The procedure for restricting access to information processed in violation of the legislation of the Russian Federation in the field of personal data
Article 15.6. The procedure for restricting access to sites on the Internet on which information containing objects of copyright and (or) related rights, or information necessary to obtain them using information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet, has been repeatedly and unlawfully posted.
Article 15.6-1. The procedure for restricting access to copies of blocked sites
Article 15.7. Extrajudicial measures to stop the violation of copyright and (or) related rights in information and telecommunication networks, including on the Internet, taken at the request of the copyright holder
Article 15.8. Measures aimed at countering the use of information and telecommunication networks and information resources on the territory of the Russian Federation, through which access to information resources and information and telecommunication networks is provided, access to which is limited on the territory of the Russian Federation
Article 16. Information protection
Article 17. Responsibility for offenses in the field of information, information technology and information protection
Article 18. On the recognition as invalid of certain legislative acts (provisions of legislative acts) of the Russian Federation

This Federal Law uses the following basic concepts:
1) information - information (messages, data), regardless of the form of their presentation;
2) information technologies - processes, methods of searching, collecting, storing, processing, providing, distributing information and methods of implementing such processes and methods;
3) information system - a set of information contained in databases and information technologies and technical means that ensure its processing;
4) information and telecommunications network - a technological system designed to transmit information over communication lines, access to which is carried out using computer technology;
5) owner of information - a person who independently created information or received, on the basis of a law or agreement, the right to permit or restrict access to information determined by any criteria;
6) access to information - the ability to obtain information and use it;
7) confidentiality of information - a mandatory requirement for a person who has gained access to certain information not to transfer such information to third parties without the consent of its owner;
8) provision of information - actions aimed at obtaining information by a certain circle of persons or transmitting information to a certain circle of persons;
9) dissemination of information - actions aimed at obtaining information by an indefinite circle of persons or transmitting information to an indefinite circle of persons;
10) electronic message - information transmitted or received by a user of an information and telecommunication network;
11) documented information - information recorded on a tangible medium by documenting with details that make it possible to determine such information or, in cases established by the legislation of the Russian Federation, its material medium;
11.1) electronic document - documented information presented in electronic form, that is, in a form suitable for human perception using electronic computers, as well as for transmission via information and telecommunication networks or processing in information systems;
(as amended by Federal Law dated July 27, 2010 N 227-FZ)
12) information system operator - a citizen or legal entity engaged in operating an information system, including processing information contained in its databases.
13) site on the Internet - a set of programs for electronic computers and other information contained in an information system, access to which is provided through the information and telecommunications network "Internet" (hereinafter referred to as the "Internet") by domain names and (or ) by network addresses that allow you to identify sites on the Internet;
(as amended by Federal Laws dated July 28, 2012 N 139-FZ, dated June 7, 2013 N 112-FZ)
14) page of a site on the Internet (hereinafter also referred to as an Internet page) - part of a site on the Internet, access to which is carried out using an index consisting of a domain name and symbols defined by the owner of the site on the Internet;
(as amended by Federal Law dated July 28, 2012 N 139-FZ)
15) domain name - a symbol designation intended for addressing sites on the Internet in order to provide access to information posted on the Internet;
(as amended by Federal Law dated July 28, 2012 N 139-FZ)
16) network address - an identifier in the data transmission network that identifies the subscriber terminal or other means of communication included in the information system when providing telematic communication services;
(as amended by Federal Law dated July 28, 2012 N 139-FZ)
17) owner of a site on the Internet - a person who independently and at his own discretion determines the procedure for using a site on the Internet, including the procedure for posting information on such a site;
(as amended by Federal Law dated July 28, 2012 N 139-FZ)
18) hosting provider - a person providing services for the provision of computing power for placing information in an information system permanently connected to the Internet.
(as amended by Federal Law dated July 28, 2012 N 139-FZ)
19) unified identification and authentication system - a federal state information system, the procedure for use of which is established by the Government of the Russian Federation and which provides, in cases provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation, authorized access to information contained in information systems.
(as amended by the Federal Law

It does not work Editorial from 27.07.2006

Name of document	FEDERAL LAW of July 27, 2006 N 149-FZ "ON INFORMATION, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES AND ON INFORMATION PROTECTION"
Document type	law
Receiving authority	President of the Russian Federation, State Duma of the Russian Federation, Siberian Federation of the Russian Federation
Document Number	149-FZ
Acceptance date	09.08.2006
Revision date	27.07.2006
Date of registration with the Ministry of Justice	01.01.1970
Status	It does not work
Publication	"Rossiyskaya Gazeta", N 165, 07.29.2006 "Financial newspaper. Regional issue", N 35, 2006
Navigator	Notes

FEDERAL LAW of July 27, 2006 N 149-FZ "ON INFORMATION, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES AND ON INFORMATION PROTECTION"

1. This Federal Law regulates relations arising when:

1) exercising the right to search, receive, transmit, produce and distribute information;

2) application of information technologies;

3) ensuring information security.

2. The provisions of this Federal Law do not apply to relations arising during the legal protection of the results of intellectual activity and equivalent means of individualization.

This Federal Law uses the following basic concepts:

1) information - information (messages, data), regardless of the form of their presentation;

2) information technologies - processes, methods of searching, collecting, storing, processing, providing, distributing information and methods of implementing such processes and methods;

3) information system - a set of information contained in databases and information technologies and technical means that ensure its processing;

4) information and telecommunications network - a technological system designed to transmit information over communication lines, access to which is carried out using computer technology;

6) access to information - the ability to obtain information and use it;

8) provision of information - actions aimed at obtaining information by a certain circle of persons or transmitting information to a certain circle of persons;

9) dissemination of information - actions aimed at obtaining information by an indefinite circle of persons or transmitting information to an indefinite circle of persons;

10) electronic message - information transmitted or received by a user of an information and telecommunication network;

12) information system operator - a citizen or legal entity engaged in operating an information system, including processing information contained in its databases.