Significant harm as a criminal unlawfulness sign of illegal actions in relation to private life information and personal data

Authors

  • Kiryl S. Zakhilko Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

Keywords:

personal data, private life information, criminal liability, significant harm, criminal consequences

Abstract

The concept of significant harm as a criminal unlawfulness sign of illegal actions in relation to private life information and personal data (art. 2031 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus) is considered. The content of the sign and methods for determining of significant harm as a criminal unlawfulness sign of illegal actions in relation to private life information and personal data are determined. The causal relationship between illegal actions in relation to private life information and personal data and their consequences is analysed.

Author Biography

  • Kiryl S. Zakhilko, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

    PhD (law), docent; associate professor at the department of criminal law, faculty of law

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Published

2022-09-01

Issue

No. 2 (2022): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Law

Section

Сriminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics

How to Cite

[1]
Zakhilko, K.S. 2022. Significant harm as a criminal unlawfulness sign of illegal actions in relation to private life information and personal data. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Law. 2 (Sep. 2022), 58–68.