Risks in concluding consent to personal data processing

26 September 2024

The fine for the absence or incorrectness of a consent to the processing of personal data has been increased. It now amounts to 700 thousand rubles for the first offense and 1.5 million rubles for a repeat offense.

In this article, we will look at how to most safely draw up a written consent, what mistakes are most common and what can help in the event of claims from Roskomnadzor.

Roskomnadzor looks in practice at the reflection in the form of the necessary provisions of the law «On Personal Data».

Part 4 Art. 9 of the Federal Law of 27.07.2006 No. 152 «On Personal Data»

Indication of the data subject. The law specifies that it is necessary to indicate passport data (full name, registration address, number, date, issuing authority of the document). We do not recommend specifying data that are unnecessarily described, such as e-mail, phone number, residential address, Roskomnadzor may consider this as collection of personal data not provided for by law.

CAO RF Article 13.11 Violation of the legislation of the Russian Federation in the field of personal data

Indication of the operator. We recommend in this case not to limit yourself to the requirements of the law (full name or name of the organization, address). It will be useful to include data on TIN and MSRN (main state registration number), it will warn you against changing the address or name, if changes are not made in the agreement, Roskomnadzor may consider it as an inability to identify the operator, which will also be a violation.

Purpose of the agreement. Roskomnadzor requires one agreement to fulfill one purpose. The agency considers that the law provides for a single purpose. You can expand the single purpose also with tasks that do not require written consent. It is also advised to formulate the purpose as specifically as possible, describing it in detail. If it is an employment relationship, you can specify, for example, «conducting an employee performance evaluation,» «providing corporate benefits,» «issuing personalized corporate products.»

List of actions. The consent should exhaustively specify the list of actions that the operator intends to carry out. It is not recommended to include all actions from Article 3 of the Law «On Personal Data», Roskomnadzor may pay attention to this. It is safest to adjust the list of actions depending on the needs of the agreement.

We also recommend that the terms «distribution» and «depersonalization» should not be used. Distribution requires separate consent, and the term depersonalization, as the agency believes, commercial organizations cannot carry out such a procedure, as the law does not provide for cases when it is necessary. (Roskomnadzor Order No. 18 of 24.02.2021 )

Term of validity of the agreement

Roskomnadzor requires that the agreement has a certain term, or a termination condition. So, it will not be possible to use auto prolongation or make the agreement indefinite. It is also recommended not to set a long term for agreements, as the law requires that terms be set depending on the functions, powers and duties assigned to the operator. Also, the term should be consistent with the purpose of the agreement.

Clause 2 part 1 of Article 6 of the Federal Law of 27.07.2006 No. 152 «On Personal Data».

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