Various data in our time have become very valuable material that can be used in every way. And sometimes the data becomes too valuable.
The subject of such a concept as “information law” is the relationship between people in the information sphere. The fact is that any data can bring both benefit and harm, therefore, all relations in this area need to be controlled. This science is guided by the following principles:
- Free distribution of any information, as well as its unhindered production. Naturally, the content of the information should not contradict other areas of legislation.
- The principle of priority of personal rights, which ensures the protection of man by the state in the field of information.
- The principle of the impossibility of creating, reproducing and disseminating information that causes material, moral or physical harm to society.
- Information law is also guided by the principle of free access to any information that is not considered secret.
- The following principle, which states the speed and completeness of information processing, obliges government agencies to collect and store information within their competence. If necessary, government agencies must provide the user with a statement of time.
- The principle of legality. It provides that all entities that use this or that information must adhere to the current legislation of the state.
- The principles of information law also provide for liability for non-compliance with the law or its violation.
- The principle of free distribution of information allows you to use it repeatedly, and changing its content is not necessary.
Information law has its own rules that allow you to regulate the activities of the media, public organizations and other entities. They can be classified as follows:
- procedural rules. Thanks to them, the operation of norms and their order are established;
- material. They consolidate all the rights and obligations of the subjects of information law in material terms;
- norms of prohibition. They establish the framework for the use and creation of information products, as well as limit the use of information that contributes to the moral destruction of society;
- rules that allow participants in the presented field to use information for their own purposes.
Information law dictates how it is necessary to behave in the presented field so as not to violate the law. If the rules governing these relations are violated, then comes administrative or even criminal liability.
Sources of information law are legal acts in which all regulatory norms are officially reflected. Moreover, these documents can be adopted at different levels: local or federal. In the second case, the norms are enshrined in the Constitution of the state. In any case, the sources are laws issued by the government of the state.