Duty LXD-6262
Serves under-18s, in Kazakhstan
Digital Code, general cybersecurity duty on digital-object owners and holderssince 3 lines
Digital Code No. 255-VIII (), Arts. 20, 97-98 · Read the law's page
- Protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of every digital object you own or hold in Kazakhstan, a category that expressly includes software you make available to others.
- Implement technical measures, including cryptographic protection where applicable, together with organizational and legal measures, aimed at preventing, detecting and eliminating cyber threats to that digital object.
- Also follow the specific requirements set by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Cybersecurity" and the unified digitalization and cybersecurity requirements adopted under it; their own specific duties are not further detailed here.
Law on Protection of Children from Harmful Information, age classification and markingin force5 lines
Law No. 169-VI (), Arts. 9, 15 · Read the law's page
- Applies to every item of information production distributed in Kazakhstan, online platforms included.
- Give every item an age classification before distribution, assessing its theme, genre, content and artistic design, how a child of a given age category is likely to perceive it, and the likelihood of harm to a child's health and development.
- Classify into one of six categories: under 6, from 6, from 12, from 14, from 16, and from 18 (information containing content prohibited for children).
- Distributors: mark the age-category sign on the product and do not distribute it without the sign.
- Marking is exempt for live news, entertainment and sports broadcasts, general political print periodicals, news and analytical television programmes, radio broadcasting, advertising and ordinary internet resources; internet publications and online platforms are not exempt.