The State Information Systems Law establishes the legal framework for creating, operating, and coordinating state information systems and related institutional systems. Its primary purpose is to ensure the availability, quality, and efficient circulation of information necessary for public administration functions. The Law defines key concepts such as state information systems, system controllers, users, data subjects, interoperability solutions, and state platforms, and sets out the general scope of application, excluding purely internal systems used only for internal information exchange. The Law regulates the governance, lifecycle, and interoperability of information systems. It requires state information systems to be created, reorganized, or liquidated on the basis of legal acts or policy documents and to be registered in a central state information resources system. A core principle is “once-only” data collection: information about data subjects should be registered only once and reused across systems through integrated and interoperable solutions. The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development plays a central coordinating role, while the Cabinet of Ministers sets technical, security, and development requirements. Finally, the Law defines rights, responsibilities, and security requirements. System controllers are responsible for data quality, accessibility, documentation, security management, and lawful data exchange, while data subjects have the right to access and request correction of their data and the obligation to provide accurate information. The Law also regulates information security management, user identification, public access to information, ownership of databases, and the use of state platforms, including by private entities under defined conditions.
拉脱维亚 · 2002-05-02