RIGHT TO PRIVACY OF PRIVATE LIFE

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Private life is an area of an individual’s life that is outside the scope of public and state interest ... The right to private life implies the ability to live in accordance with one’s desires and sets the boundaries for privacy. The right to privacy establishes the prohibition of any form of arbitrary interference in private life by the state and guarantees the protection of the state from such interference by third parties, and also protects citizens from disclosing the circumstances of their private life. The right to privacy is guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, article 12 (December 10, 1948) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, article 17 (December 19, 1966) of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, article 8 (November 4 1950) by the Constitution of the Russian Federation, Articles 23, 24, 25 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, Articles 150, 152, etc. Possible legal restrictions Restriction of the right to privacy is allowed: in order to ensure the security of the state and economy the welfare of the country in the presence of a direct threat to the life and health of people, or the threat of damage to property for the purpose of protecting health, ensuring morality for observing the rights and freedoms of citizens in order to prevent and investigate crimes Restrictions on rights are allowed in cases stipulated by law, based on a court decision persons authorized to implement such restrictions, for the purposes stipulated by law. Main threats The existence of structures outside the control of society (primarily intelligence agencies). The presence of numerous institutions with overly dense accommodation of the people living in them: military units, places of deprivation of liberty, orphanages, boarding schools for the elderly and disabled, hospitals. The traditional Russian disregard for personality, individuality, remnants of "lame-communal" psychology. Low legal and general culture of the bulk of journalists and officials. The collapse of the technical means of collecting and systematizing information, the development of electronic mass media and information. A significant lag in the legislative process from the process of the emergence of new threats to privacy. The most common violations. Distribution of illegal databases containing personal information. Russia practices the illegal collection and dissemination of information about individuals and organizations. Databases for buying and selling cars and their owners, passport and passport data of Russian citizens, registration chambers, real estate data (buying, selling apartments, their parameters, location and owners), tax inspection databases, information about people wanted or having a criminal record. All of these databases are recorded on CDs; they are easy to buy on the black markets. There are rarer databases, for example, information from notebooks and business papers seized by the police. The cost of the database ranges from $ 10 to $ 1,500 depending on the topic, volume, accuracy and freshness of the information. From a review of the Human Rights Network / Privatization on the Russian Internet, Interregional group "Human Rights Network Use of listening tools by security services, private companies and the media In general, the volume of wiretapping, especially unauthorized wiretapping, is very large. There are two aspects. The first is what is authorized and what is being done special services and law enforcement agencies, but I think that it’s 15-20 percent, and the remaining 80% of the incoming information is removed in an unauthorized way and goes to the Internet, and to various sites, and etc. etc. Gennady Gudkov, MP, Member of the Security Committee of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, from an interview published on May 21, 2003. Source: PRPC

 

[Матушкин Андрей Николаевич]

Thank.