A conference will be held in Moscow on Sept. 19-20 to discuss how Big Data and artificial intelligence can be used for digital innovation and business process optimization at various levels. The conference will also present relevant cases and best practices on how practical data skills are used in businesses, having become the most sought-after …
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Starting from October 31, 2021, the personal data of Russian citizens who book domestic flight tickets will have to be stored on servers located physically on Russian soil. This new requirement stems from a decree signed in late July by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in application of a 2014 law on personal data storage in …
FaceApp, a mobile application that can realistically transform the photo of a person’s face using artificial intelligence, has come under harsh attacks in international media under claims that users’ personal data could be misused. Launched in St Petersburg in 2017 by Wireless Lab (which is now a resident of Russia’s largest tech park Skolkovo), FaceApp has …
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A private investor in Moscow is willing to build a giant data center in Russia, reported business daily Vedomosti, citing “a source close to the project.” Dubbed ISTRADIGITAL, the project envisages the construction of a technology park near Moscow worth 132 billion rubles (about $2 billion at the current exchange rate). Among other facilities, it would …
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Data breaches by Russian hackers are a global concern now, but the BBC has discovered how easy it is to buy personal data such as passport and bank account details in Russia itself. According to cyber-security experts, vast quantities of supposedly private data – including from Russian state institutions – are bought and sold every …
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Although Russia’s total share of the global cloud storage market is still under 1%, the sector is undergoing a boom as foreign companies hire local service providers to store Russians’ data, a recent study by iKS-Consulting revealed. Adopted in 2014, Russia’s personal data law requires companies operating in Russia to store Russian users’ or clients’ …
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Facebook and Twitter have been given nine months by Roskomnadzor, the Russian telecom and Internet regulator, to move Russian users’ data onto servers located physically on Russia soil. As reported yesterday by the Interfax news agency, Roskomnadzor’s head Alexander Zharov expressed “hope” that the two companies will comply with Russian legislation on personal data storage, and …
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Roskomnadzor, the Russian telecom and Internet regulator, initiated today a lawsuit against Twitter for failing to provide information about its compliance with the Russian data-localization law. The US microblogging platform is now facing an administrative fine of 5,000 rubles ($764 at the current exchange rate). Ultimately Twitter, should it violate the law, could be blocked …
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Last week IXcellerate, a leading commercial data center operator in Russia, announced a five-year $260 million investment plan. The funding will be provided by the company’s shareholders as well as bank financing and an additional injection of “foreign capital.” By 2023, according to this plan, the company will operate the existing Moscow One Datacentre and run “at least four …
IXcellerate and Rostelecom plan to invest massively in Russian data centers Read More
While Facebook and Twitter are being exposed to administrative charges for non-compliance with Russia’s data localization law, Apple Inc. detailed the user data it is storing in Russia. Apple users in the region have data including their name, delivery address, email address and phone number stored on servers in Russia. The company said it collects …
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The Internet Initiatives Development Fund (IIDF, FRII in Russian) is lobbying Russian lawmakers to adjust the legal definition of personal data, introduce the concept of “depersonalized data” and allow citizens to sell their own “depersonalized data” on the market. According to the fund, which has prepared draft amendments to the existing legislation, individuals could earn as much …
Russian Big Data business wants to create legal market for ‘depersonalized data’ Read More
Will Facebook and Twitter abide by the law on personal data storage, or could they ultimately be blocked in Russia like LinkedIn? The suspense remains as the two companies failed again last week, more than three years after the law came to force, to prove their compliance with it. Adopted in 2014 and applicable since September 2015, this law …
