Digital Technologies Incorporation into Legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Abstract

The incorporation of digital technologies at the level of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan has taken place since 2003. Numerous legislative acts and amendments to them in pursuit of digital technologies development have been adopted. The article analyses the changes in the civil legislation, civil procedural and labour legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, regulating the turnover and use of digital technologies. In the accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan the author considers new concepts in the sphere of digital technologies, including digital assets and digital rights. Most of legal scientists in the field of civil law conclude that digital assets, digital rights are not by their nature a new type of property, property right, and the digital form represents only a way of fixing the property. Moreover, in response to legal proceedings digitalization access to justice had made a significant step towards development, there are much more positive aspects in this process: avoiding document exchange, saving time, simplified search for court cases, notifying the parties involved using various communication methods, which makes it possible to speed up the communication process, unlike postal service providers. Nevertheless, it is highly important to ensure legal regulation in the conditions of global digitalization in order to protect rights of a person to information and confidentiality.