{"faq_id":"84b8338e-6862-4bc9-baa0-897ef8b835fd","code":"rights-digital","kind":"faq","canonical_slug":"rights-digital","section":{"id":15,"code":"rights","slug":"rights","title":"Rights"},"lang":"en","question":"What Digital Rights Mean in the New Constitution","short_answer":"The 2026 Constitution expressly protects personal data and the secrecy of communications transmitted using digital technologies. The legal grounds for processing data, accessing communications, and restricting information remain defined by law; biometric data are regulated under personal-data legislation rather than named separately in the Constitution.","blocks":{"answer_html":"<h2>Why digital rights matter</h2>\n<p>Earlier constitutional models were written before the digital age became central to everyday life. Today, a large part of human activity takes place online:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>communication</li>\n<li>banking and payments</li>\n<li>public services</li>\n<li>social networks</li>\n<li>storage and processing of personal data</li>\n</ul>\n<p>That is why constitutional protection must extend into the digital sphere.</p>\n<h2>Main digital rights</h2>\n<p>The new constitutional approach strengthens guarantees related to:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>protection of personal data</li>\n<li>privacy of digital communications such as email and messengers</li>\n<li>protection against unlawful collection, processing, storage, and use of personal data</li>\n<li>legal protection for communications transmitted using digital technologies</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>What this means in practice</h2>\n<p>The state and private entities should not be able to:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>collect personal data without limits</li>\n<li>distribute data freely without lawful grounds</li>\n<li>interfere unlawfully with private communications</li>\n<li>carry out digital surveillance without constitutional and legal justification</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>What risks these rights address</h2>\n<p>Digital rights respond to modern threats such as:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>data leaks</li>\n<li>unlawful access to accounts and messages</li>\n<li>profiling and mass data analysis</li>\n<li>permanent circulation of outdated information harmful to reputation</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Why constitutional status matters</h2>\n<p>When digital rights are protected only by weak regulations, they can be bypassed more easily. Once elevated to constitutional level, they become harder to ignore and easier to defend legally.</p>\n","facts_html":"<ul>\n<li>The Constitution expressly protects personal data and communications transmitted using digital technologies</li>\n<li>Biometric data are regulated by personal-data law but are not named separately in the Constitution</li>\n<li>They respond to data leaks, profiling, and digital surveillance risks</li>\n<li>Constitutional recognition gives these rights stronger legal protection</li>\n</ul>\n","what_not_change_html":"","where_detailed_html":"","misconceptions_html":""},"updated_at":"2026-07-16T00:00:00+00:00","article_refs":[{"number":21,"title":"Digital Rights"},{"number":23,"title":"Freedom of Information"}],"entity_links":[{"type":"constitutional_article","number":21,"label":"Article 21","title":"Digital Rights","href":"/full-text?lang=en#article-21"},{"type":"constitutional_article","number":23,"label":"Article 23","title":"Freedom of Information","href":"/full-text?lang=en#article-23"}],"source_records":[{"id":"constitution-2026-official","type":"constitution","url":"https://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/K2600000000","title":"Official publication of the 2026 Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan","publisher":"Adilet Legal Information System","checked_at":"2026-07-16","reviewed_at":"2026-07-16","checked_at_label":"16 July 2026"}],"verified_claims":[],"implementation_status":null,"source_schema_records":[{"@type":"CreativeWork","name":"Official publication of the 2026 Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan","url":"https://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/K2600000000","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Adilet Legal Information System"},"dateModified":"2026-07-16"}],"source_citation_urls":["https://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/K2600000000"]}