LEGAL ISSUES OF PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA OF CITIZENS IN THE DIGITAL SPACE

The article shows that in the context of digitalization, timely legislative measures play an important role in the protection of personal data. The trends affecting the weakening of personal data protection are revealed. It is emphasized that the protection of personal data is carried out through the introduction of appropriate changes to the legislation of the Russian Federation. The expediency of adopting norms aimed at the introduction of new technologies for storing and processing data, including personal data and ensuring their protection, as well as control, is substantiated. The author reveals the importance of implementing legal data protection, the absence of which can have negative consequences both for the subject of personal data and for the state as a whole. It is concluded that it is necessary to strengthen responsibility for violations related to data protection. A broad interpretation of the concept of “personal data” often does not allow to unambiguously determine what kind of information relates to them, therefore it is so important to find a balance between the norms of the law and the practice of its application, eliminating any abuse.