Comparative Legal Analysis of International and National Legal Norms Regulating the Protection of Personal Data

Abstract

The research aims to summarize the development of national norms by analyzing international standards that
lawfully regulate the protection of personal data, one of the issues in safeguarding the rights and freedoms of
individual. It emphasizes the importance of Kazakhstan’s accession to international instruments protecting
personal data. The relevance of the research is determined by the problem of ensuring data security, which at
the present stage has become a priority issue. The law has revealed instances that pose risks, particularly due
to the absence of the clear provisions regulating the storage of citizen’s personal data. The authors highlight
that with the rapid development of digitalization in Kazakhstan, cases of personal data dissemination have in
creased, underscoring the necessity of improving national legal norms. Furthermore, the research raises issues
of exercising control over the use of personal data and strengthening liability in cases of unlawful dissemina
tion. Due to the weakness of the current legal mechanism for the protection of personal data, cybercrime is
gaining momentum in society, negatively affecting citizens. One of the solutions to the problem is the
improvement of national legislation that lawfully regulates the protection of personal data. Within the scope
of the study, the authors formulated proposals for the establishing legal mechanisms in the current legislation
to regulate the procedures for processing, storing, and destroying personal data, as well as for addressing ac
tions related cto their preservation.