Business has prepared amendments to the law on personal data

Representatives of 25 industrial associations and human rights activists have prepared a package of amendments to the Law on Personal Data Protection, and hope that it will be adopted before the entrepreneurs will be taken to penalties, said Valery Baker, vice president of the Ukrainian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. Recall, January 1, 2011 came into force the Law on Personal Data Protection. In addition, recently the Verkhovna Rada adopted in first reading a law that establishes liability for the safety of personal data. But how to execute the law, yet nobody knows. "We sent a letter to the President of Ukraine and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine about to delay any sanctions for violating the law on personal data to the point, as in Ukraine earn regulations that govern the procedure for its execution," - said Baker, adding that the changes aimed at removing from the law of "threatening and meaningless things." As told Baker, a working group comprising representatives of industry and association and human rights activists, who believe that the law does not sufficiently protect the rights of citizens. "This project is already preparing for the introduction of the Verkhovna Rada. People's deputy, Anatoly Kinah, Adviser to the President of Ukraine, president of UMB has agreed to lead this work. Hopefully in the near future a package of changes will be sent (to the Verkhovna Rada - Ed.) And will be adopted before to the first entrepreneur to apply sanctions, "- he said. As noted by Baker, in general, entrepreneurs are welcome law on protection of personal data. "But there are three great interest that the law should protect: the interests of citizens, business interests and the interest of the state. Unfortunately, all three interests are not protected by this law," - he said. According to him, the law is unduly comprehensive and provides for a register of personal data, which will cost the state treasury. "We estimate that it is more than 3 million records, is more than the records in a single register of government bodies. This is a huge cost from the state budget for the creation of the largest in the country database," - said vice-president of UMB. Baker also highlighted several incidents in the law. For example, a dual alarm. "You should get a person authorized to use the personal data, make it into a base of personal data and then writing to inform that the use of his personal data," - said Baker, adding that all this will add paperwork to the market and the state. Another absurdity in the law called the Baker the ability to delete personal data in the databases of banks. "Suppose you take out a bank loan, and then ask the bank to remove your personal data from a database of the bank. The bank is obliged to remove your data, and the fact that you took the loan, no one will know. Of course, the bank will not delete the data and will bear responsibility for that "- he explained.