Data Privacy In Kazakhstan's Astana International Financial Centre

This article discusses specific issues of legal regulation and application of Law of RK No.94-V, dated 21 May 2013, 'On Personal Data and Their Protection' compared to the European General Data Protection...

The government of the Republic of Kazakhstan has announced that Kazakhstan’s framework data protection law, Law No. 94-V (unofficial English version), has been enacted and will be effective as of November 25, 2013.

We live in the world of high technologies, where information is available for everyone. Nowadays, well-developed technologies afford people to have an access for any type of data.

The desire of the Republic of Kazakhstan to establish itself as a state of law should be based on the constitutional regulation of fundamental rights and freedoms of man and citizen.

The issue of personal data security became of importance throughout the last decade while its topicality is raising daily.

One of the main components of a person's right to privacy is the protection of his personal data.

The growing number of cases of leaked personal data; concerns regarding "Internet surveillance" on the part of some states about nationals of other states – all these elements have set the scene for the initiation of a legislative requirement for "localization of personal data" in Kazakhstan.

On July 7, 2020, changes in the sphere of personal data regulation, introduced by Law No. 347-VI of June 25, 2020, entered into force.

Data protection in Kazakhstan is mainly regulated by the Law of 21 May 2013 No. 94-V ZRK on Personal Data and its Protection, Law of 24 November 2015 No. 418-V on Informatisation and relevant subsidiary laws.

Kazakhstan's laws regulate public relations in the sphere of personal data protection.

Since 1 January 2023, employees who have worked for at least one year for the same employer are entitled to a minimum of 12 paid vacation days (in addition to the statutory paid holidays).

The Canadian province of British Columbia has introduced measures that prohibit employers from asking job applicants for pay history information.

The Minimum Wage Council under the Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL) has set the 2026 minimum wage at KRW 10,320 per hour, a 2.9% increase from the current 2025 rate of KRW 10,030.

The European Union has introduced a groundbreaking directive aimed at transforming the gig economy by establishing new protections for platform workers.

On 21 March 2025, the New Federal Law for the Protection of Personal Data in Possession of Private Parties came into effect, superseding and repealing the prior data protection law.

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