Improving the criminal procedure regime for handling information in pre-trial proceedings in the era of digital transformation

Introduction: the article analyzes the prospects of reforming criminal proceedings into a high-tech model. Factors that make such a transformation difficult are highlighted. The most significant of these are shortcomings in the legal regulation of information handling in pre-trial proceedings. The article justifies the need to eliminate such shortcomings by improving the system of principles and general conditions of criminal proceedings. The proposed concept includes the introduction of the notion 'procedurally significant information', the principle of 'information protection in criminal proceedings', the general condition of a preliminary investigation 'Measures to ensure the protection of procedurally significant information in pre-trial proceedings carried out in digital form'; certain provisions of the condition 'Inadmissibility of disclosing the pre-trial investigation data' (Article 161 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation) are improved; the prospects of creating a high-tech model of criminal procedure are presented.