The “Insider Law” gave the right to the Bank of Russia without a court to require disclosure and correspondence, and negotiations, and all such

Continuing the topic of “ New SORM ” blog entries that appeared today on Habrahabr : everyone will listen, VimpelCom vs and FSB wants to control Internet traffic in Russia , I suggest that readers familiarize themselves with the article “ Russians have come under“ meganadzor ” ” last week on Thursday ( October 17) published in the St. Petersburg Internet newspaper " Fontanka ".

The content of this article is tragic.

In accordance with the Russian Constitution, data on conversations and correspondence may be disclosed only by a court decision. Also, the law guarantees the preservation of banking, auditing, insurance and a dozen other types of secrets. Even the court has the right to demand from notaries only a certificate of the actions taken, but not certified documents. The content of the client’s negotiations with the attorney and the secret of confessional confession are also hidden.
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However, it turns out that now all these secrecy rights are far behind. On September 1, the power of the so-called “Insider Law” provided the Bank of Russia with such exclusive rights to compel disclosure of any secrets that neither the special services, nor law enforcement agencies, nor the courts have.

And the coercion began.

A half-million fine was imposed on Megafon for refusing to disclose without a court information about one of the subscribers, including the IMEI of the mobile phone and account details. A half-million fine was imposed on the Vkontakte website for the fact that all the requested information about a certain user and his actions, although they were provided without trial, but late .

From reading such news hair should stand on end on your head!