On November 20, 2024, the Ministry of Industry and Trade prepared a draft of amendments to the rules for providing access to information contained in state information monitoring system, approved by Government Decree No. 1955 dated 31.12.2019.

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On November 27, 2024 the Federation Council approved laws amending the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred as the “Criminal Code”) and the Code of Administrative Offences of Russian Federation (hereinafter referred as the “Administrative Offences Code”) to and toughening liability for violations of law in the area of personal data (in accordance with the previously introduced Draft Laws: No. 502104-8 “On Amending the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation” and No. 502113-8 “On Amending the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation”).

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On October 29, in the first reading, the State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted Bill No. 679980-8 "On Amendments to Article 9 of the Federal Law "On Personal Data" ("Law on Personal Data") and Article 10 of the Law of the Russian Federation "On Consumer Protection" ("Law on Consumer Protection") (hereinafter - the "Bill").

On 15 October, Lidings hosted a webinar for its clients to break down the legal aspects of critical information infrastructure (CII) security, focusing on the regulation applicable to the pharmaceutical and chemical (Pharma and FMCG) and healthcare industries.