Лекция: Article 17. Responsibility for legal offenses in the sphere of information. Information technologies and information protection

§ Violation of the requirements of the present Federal Act shall entail disciplinary, civil-legal, administrative or criminal responsibility in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation.

§ Persons, whose rights and legal interests were breached because of disclosure of information of restricted access or other illegitimate usage shall have the right to appeal to court to protect their rights according to the established procedure, as well as to sue for reimbursement of losses, compensation for moral damage, protection of dignity, honour and business reputation. The requirement of reimbursement of losses may not be satisfied if it is made by the person who did not take measures ensuring confidentiality of information or breached legally established requirement on information protection, if these taking of these measures and observance of these requirements were a responsibility of this person.

§ If distribution of certain information is restricted or banned by federal acts, civil-legal responsibility therefore shall be born by the person rendering the following services:
1) transfer of information provided by another person subject to transfer thereof without changes and corrections;
2) storage of information and provision of access thereto, provided this person could not know on the illegal character of distribution thereof.