Personal data as an object of criminal law protection

the article provides a comprehensive study of personal data as an independent object of criminal law protection in the context of the digital transformation of public relations. The author examines the legal nature of personal data, their place in the system of constitutional values and objects of criminal law protection, identifies specific features that determine the need to establish criminal liability for encroachments on this category of information. Special attention is paid to the study of the structure of the object of crimes related to illegal actions with personal data, the relationship of generic, specific and direct objects, and the definition of the range of protected public relations. The paper substantiates the complex nature of the object of criminal law protection of personal data, including both public relations to ensure information security and the constitutional rights of the individual to privacy. The conducted research makes it possible to identify trends in the development of criminal legislation in the field of personal data protection, problems of law enforcement practice related to the qualification of crimes and the delineation of related compounds. The results of the work have significant theoretical and practical significance for improving the mechanisms of criminal law protection of personal data, the formation of uniform judicial practice, and ensuring effective protection of citizens' constitutional rights in the digital environment.

personal data, object of criminal law protection, information security, privacy, computer information, constitutional rights, digitalization, criminal liability, confidentiality