Introduction. At the present stage, in the conditions of building an information society, there is an objective need to strengthen counteraction to illegal trafficking in the information space of computer information containing personal data using criminal legal means. In this regard, on the basis of the conducted research on the chosen topic, the main directions and prospects for improving the relevant criminal law measures in order to increase their effectiveness are determined. The article also discusses general theoretical issues related to social conditionality and criteria for criminalizing illicit trafficking in information containing personal data. Methods. During the research, the authors used such general scientific and private scientific methods as: universal dialectical method of scientific cognition, induction, deduction, analysis and synthesis, logical, system-structural, dogmatic, etc. Results. At the end of the work, the final conclusions are formulated, the main of which is the justification of the proposal to amend and supplement the Special Part of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation by including a new Article 137.1 in it, which will formulate criminal law norms regulating liability for violation of the right to inviolability of personal data. Moreover, the author's edition of this article is also proposed, which increases the practical significance of the conducted research on the topic.
personal data, criminal liability, legislative change, public disgrace, crime, computer information