The Institution of Personal Information of Religious Nature: Definition, Structure, the Specificities of the Circulation in Cyberspace

Abstract

The article presents the author’s approach to the definition and structure of the institute of personal information of religious nature and the circulation of such information in cyberspace. The article offers the reader a definition of the mentioned institute as well as discloses the composition of the information and data that it includes. The article provides specific examples of such information and discusses foreign and international experience in defining and protecting it. It is argued that this institution is governed not only by the rules of information law but also by the rules of various branches of law. In order to confirm the proposed approach, an analysis of the various branches of the Russian legal system and the norms that make up the institute of personal information of a religious nature. The study concludes that the institute of personal information of a religious nature is complex and the need to develop special methods of inter-sectoral protection, as well as forming proposals for the standardization of processes of anonymization and de-anonymization of such information in cyberspace.