Protection of personal data of a police officer from video recording and illegal distribution in the mass media in Russia

Abstract

The subject of the study is the protection of personal data of police officers from video recording and illegal distribution in the media. The object of the study is public relations in the sphere of the clash of interests of representatives of the mass media on the free search for information and the interests of police officers to protect their personal data. The author examines in detail the issues of the legal status of a media representative: his rights and obligations in accordance with the current legislation, as well as the corresponding rights and obligations of a police officer. The purpose of the study is to form an algorithm for the interaction of police officers when communicating with representatives of the media on the basis of the existing regulatory legal regulation. The main method of research is the analysis of specific practical situations of conflict of interests of police officers and representatives of the media, the analysis of judicial practice. The main conclusions as a result of the conducted research are the proposed algorithm of actions of police officers when communicating with representatives of the media on the issue of video recording from the point of view of existing regulatory legal acts and the need to assign the proposed additional responsibilities to a number of supporting units of internal affairs bodies.