On June 15 and 16, 2022 three Government Decrees came into force, regulating the processing of personal biometric data by individuals in the unified biometric information system of personal data.

On 25 May 2022 Federation Council approved the Federal Law "On amendments to Article 14.8 of the Administrative Offences Code of the Russian Federation".

On 6 June 2022 in the third hearing State Duma approved a Federal Law “On amendments to the Federal Law “On amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation “On personal data” and other legislative acts of Russian Federation and on the declaration of voidance of section fourteen article 30 of the Federal Law “On banks and banking operations”

On the 24th of May 2022 State Duma approved in the first reading a draft law No. 101234-8 “On amendments to the Federal Law “On personal data” and other legislative acts of Russian Federation on the matters of protection of personal data subjects” (the Draft). The Draft was created in order to increase the protection of privacy of the subject of personal data.

Lidings’ Counsel Dmitry Kirillov will take part in a round table discussion devoted to the issues of cryptocurrency Benefiting from Crypto: What Regulation is Applied to the Most Unregulated Currency in the World? organized by ICC Russia. 

On April 26, 2022 the Federation Council approved a law amending Article 16 of the Law of the Russian Federation of February 7, 1992 № 2300-I “On Protection of Consumer Rights”, which prohibits sellers, performers, owners of aggregators to refuse a consumer in contract, execution, modification or termination due to the refusal of the consumer to provide personal data.

7th Annual Legal Risk Management conference will take place in Moscow 18-19 November 2021. The event is organized by Dialog Management. Lidings lawyers will take an active part in the event’s program.  

Lidings is pleased to announce Dmitry Kirillov joining the Firm as counsel in Tax and Customs practice.