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Big Data Regulations May Be Introduced in Russia (English)

31 October 2018

A draft law regulating big data was recently submitted to the State Duma.

The draft law defines "big user data" ("big data") as a set of information about individuals and/or their behaviour which is collected from various sources (including the Internet) and does not include any personal data of the individuals or information enabling a particular individual to be identified without using additional information and/or additional processing. Under the draft law, information will be regarded as big data only if it is collected from sources comprising more than 1,000 network addresses. The law will not apply to the collection and analysis of data for television audience research under the Russian law on mass media.

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