Information security in the legal structure

From January 16 to March 26, the Legal Information reading room (No 207b) will host the exhibition "Information Security in the Structure of Law", dedicated to the Safer Internet Day (February 14).

Safer Internet Day was established in January 2004 and is celebrated annually on the second Tuesday of February. The purpose of the holiday is to inform people about the responsible and safe use of the Internet.

The Internet is an integral part of our lives today. It provides wide opportunities for learning, communication, work, and recreation: it saves us time, allows us to make purchases, work from the comfort of our homes, and make payments without queues. However, the Network is fraught with many dangers. An unintelligent life in virtual reality can also result in loss of money, health, business reputation, and problems with law enforcement agencies.

The Internet is a special virtual world with its own laws, criminals and those who protect order in it. It is inextricably linked to the real world and is already inseparable from it, which is why the issue of security on the Internet is becoming more acute every day. Taking into account the challenges faced by the world community in the context of the pandemic, the issues of maintaining an adequate level of information security have become more urgent than ever.

The Republic of Belarus did not stand by from the world processes. During its existence as a sovereign state, the laws "On the Concept of Information Security of the Republic of Belarus", "On Information, Informatization and Information Protection", "On measures to improve the use of the national segment of the Internet" and others were developed and adopted. Safe and successful use of the Internet is impossible without creating a favorable legal regime and reflecting its specifics in legislation.

The exhibition, which includes more than 100 documents – books, brochures, periodicals, dissertation abstracts, includes the following thematic sections:

• International legal regulation of the Internet: development prospects
• National security of the Republic of Belarus in the information sphere
• Constitutional obligations of the state and citizens in the sphere of information legal relations
• Information as an object of civil law
• Transformation of law in the digital age
• Countering crimes committed using information and communication technologies
• Responsibility of users in social networks
• Protection of honor, dignity and business reputation when spreading defamatory information on the Internet
• Protection of children's rights in the context of digitalization of public relations

The exhibition is intended for specialists working in the Internet sphere, lawyers dealing with legal regulation of information relations, as well as Internet users.

For more info: (+375 17) 293 27 28.