History limited access to information about the activities of government (state and official secrets)

Abstract

The article is devoted to the history and development of data protection in the field of public administration. Detailed legal institutions of restricted information in different historical periods. Of particular interest is the article analysis of the legislation in force in relation to the state and «party» secret since 1917. The author concludes that even in the period of the Soviet Union,

the situation of such a category of restricted information as «official secret» in the protected information was not clearly legal fixed and classified as «Confidential» got many details that had nothing to do with system of government