Data Protection & Privacy Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan protects personal information in the context of a fundamental constitutional right to the inviolability of private life. The Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan (article 18) protects the right to inviolability of private life, personal and family secrets, honour and dignity of a person, the secret of deposits and savings, the secret of correspondence, telephone conversations, postal, telegraphic and other messages. The Constitution prohibits any persons and the state from restricting these rights and provides that any restrictions can be established in cases strictly defined by the Сonstitution and laws.

The norms of constitutional, criminal, administrative, civil legislation and special legislative acts clarify and supplement the constitutional norm. The main legal acts protecting the PI are the Civil Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan , the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan , the Code on Administrative Infractions of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Code on Criminal Procedure of the Republic of Kazakhstan , the Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 7 July 2020 ‘On Public Health and Healthcare System ’, Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 24 November 2015 ‘On Informatisation’ , Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 16 November 2015 ‘On Access to Information’ , Law RK dated 30 December 2016 ‘On Fingerprint And Genomic Registration’ , Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 5 July
2004 ‘On Communications’ , Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 15 September 1994 ‘On Operational Investigations’ , Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 6 January 2011 ‘On Law Enforcement Service’ , Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 19 March 2010 ‘ On State Statistics’ , Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 31 August 1995 ‘On Banks And Banking Activities in the Republic of Kazakhstan’ and others.