Actual directions for improving the status of information intermediaries in the B2B segment of Russia

Abstract

The article is devoted to the research of current state of information intermediaries’ legal control from the point of view its adequacy, certainty and meeting the needs of modern legal practice and B2B-segment of Russia. The author pays special attention to the issue of improving the status of information intermediaries in terms of balancing the rights and obligations of such entities, determining reasonable and protecting public and private interests conditions of responsibility of online platforms and web services as information intermediaries. On the example of cases from practice in the field of Internet marketing and data protection, the author explains the current legal gaps. They prevent the full restoration and protection of the rights and legitimate interests of citizens interacting with digital platforms that position themselves as information intermediaries. The paper, basing on the materials of modern judicial practice, defines the conditions for the responsibility of partner networks for the actions of entities affiliated with them that break national legislation. In order to better ensure the rights of personal data subjects, the author substantiates the need to distinguish between the categories of «operator» and «processor» of personal data in the legislation, as well as expanding the conditions for processing personal data defined in the law on the basis of agency contracts.