The end of the XX th century and the beginning of the XXI st century were marked by the development of many branches and institutions of law and politics in various spheres of legal and political regulation in society.
Researchers in the field of information law believe that this is a complex area of law, represented by a system of social norms and relations in the field of information protected by the state. Public relations regulated in the field of politics and law belong to different and different institutions related to other areas of law, including fundamental, constitutional law (constitutional foundations of the legal status of subjects of information relations, the foundations of their powers, basic grounds for the inviolability of confidential information), administrative law ( information) public administration in the field, administrative responsibility for violation of legislation in the field of informatization), etc., criminal law (responsibility for crimes and offenses related to protected information, etc.).