It is not a secret to anyone that the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation wants to control information on the Internet as much as possible. As it became known, the special services agreed on a draft order of the RF Ministry of Communications and Mass Media, according to which, by July 1, 2014, all Internet providers will have to install equipment for recording and storing Internet traffic on their networks for at least 12 hours with direct access to this information by special services. According to the order, telephone numbers, IP addresses, account names and e-mail addresses of social network users will be under control.
A letter from VimpelCom sent to the Ministry of Communications in which the operator tried to make a number of remarks to the draft order of the Ministry on operational investigative activities on the Internet got into the order of the newspaper Kommersant. The letter, signed by the Director for Analytical Support of Interaction with VimpelCom’s Government Authorities Alexey Rokotyan, is emphasized that a number of provisions of the order “violate the rights guaranteed by the Constitution of the Russian Federation (Art. 23, 24, 45)”. These articles guarantee the right to privacy and state that everyone has the right to confidentiality of correspondence, telephone conversations, postal, telegraph and other communications, and the restriction of this right is allowed only on the basis of a court decision. In this case, the collection, storage, use and dissemination of information about the private life of a person without his consent are not allowed.
Moreover, according to VimpelCom, the draft order also contradicts Art. 8 of the Federal Law "On operational investigative activities." The fact is that the law “On operational investigative activities” does not establish the obligation of operators to purchase and operate special technical means for the purposes of operational investigative activities that are not related to remedies.
The draft order of the Ministry of Communications and Mass Media, referred to in the letter, was recently agreed with the FSB and is expected to come into force before the end of the year.
According to the order, all Internet providers will be required to connect their network to special equipment, which will be managed by special services, through which all Internet traffic will pass, and special services will be technically able to record all incoming data packets and store them for at least 12 hours. The document also details what information about Internet users will be transmitted by the provider to the special services. These are, in particular, the phone number, IP address, user account name, email address, ICQ Internet chat user unique identification number, international mobile equipment identifier (IMEI), and Internet telephony caller and caller ID. The draft order also states that providers must send information to the special services about the location of subscriber terminals of users of Internet telephony services (Google Talk, Skype, etc.).
Meanwhile, the government recently submitted to the State Duma a bill proposing to endow the FSB with operational and investigative powers in the field of information security. The draft and explanatory note states that threats to national interests in this area are increasing, Interfax reported. In particular, the intensification of interstate information confrontation is noted, cases of the spread of malicious software used as an information weapon are recorded. In addition, the possibility of using information telecommunication technologies for terrorist acts is not excluded.
According to Kommersant
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