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Putin signs ‘Big Brother law,’ asks government to “minimize implementation risks”

February 28, 2017

Today Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the controversial “anti-terrorist” legislation adopted by the lower and upper houses of parliament in late June, despite the flurry of criticism coming from opposition-mided circles and the serious concerns expressed by Russian telecom and Internet companies. As reported earlier by East-West Digital News, the new legislation — which Edward Snowden has called …

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Russian parliament passes “Big Brother law,” Internet and telecom industry expects hard times

February 20, 2017

In late June, the Russian parliament approved controversial amendments to Russia’s anti-terrorist legislation. Drafted by lawmakers Irina Yarovaya and Viktor Ozerov, the new legislation may have deep consequences for people living and using digital networks in Russia. The amendments are yet to be signed by President Putin [which he did on July 7 update]. A substantial part of the …

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New law to achieve unprecedented control over Russian citizens’ communications

February 28, 2017

Russia, which gave asylum to Edward Snowden after he exposed a vast U.S. surveillance program, is seeking unprecedented controls over its citizens’ communications. The lower house of parliament in Moscow gave preliminary approval to a bill that would require providers to store recordings of mobile-phone conversations and Internet activity for as long as three years. Since …

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2015 in review: Russia set strict restrictions to international data transfers and payment transactions

February 27, 2017

East-West Digital News reviews the most important developments on the Russian high-tech scene in 2015. Today’s story is about the main changes in the legal environment which affected foreign businesses.    1. Legislation on personal data storage Russia’s new legislation on personal data storage came into force on September 1. According to the new rules, only databases located in …

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Putin enacts million-ruble fines on Internet search engines for failure to protect ‘right to be forgotten’

February 28, 2017

Vladimir Putin has signed into law new legislation that fines Internet search engines 1 million rubles (almost $14,000) for refusing to delete hyperlinks to an individual’s personal information, if legally requested under Russia’s “right to be forgotten.” According to the new law, Internet search engines will be required to remove links to unverified information and …

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Viber reportedly bows to Russian data-localization law, relocates user data to new servers

February 27, 2017

The second-most popular instant-messaging app in Russia, Viber, has begun storing Russian users’ data on servers located in Russia, the company’s Moscow representative reportedly told the newspaper Izvestia. On September 1, a new law entered force in Russia requiring websites and businesses to store all citizens’ personal data on Russian servers. The legislation was initially supposed to …

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Russia’s online security second-worst in the world – Report

February 28, 2017

Russia suffered the second-largest number of confidential data leaks in the first half of this year but company employees themselves are to blame for most of them, the Kommersant business daily reported Tuesday. The analysis center of InfoWatch, a Moscow-based online security company, said more than 262 million personal data records had been compromised as …

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Roskomnadzor blocks first site for non compliance with personal data storage law; Apple relocates data to Moscow data center

February 15, 2017

Last week, the Russian telecom regulator blocked access to a website which it says failed to relocate data concerning Russian citizens to servers inside the country. According to a statement published on Roskomnadzor’s website, the data collected by Abonenty-chast2.pw includes full names, birthdates, home addresses, telephone numbers and work addresses of some 1.5 million Russians. The .pw domain extension corresponds …

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Russia’s data center market to reach several hundred million USD in 2015

February 27, 2017

Russia’s young commercial data center market reached some $167 million last year with a yearly growth of over 20%, according to a report by Moscow-based consultancy Direct INFO, as reported by Russia Beyond The Headlines (RBTH). Other consultancies (PMR and J’son & Partners) have put the figures at more than $300 million. The market is being …

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Personal data storage and management in Russia: Report by EWDN and EY sheds full light on legal and organizational challenges

February 15, 2017

Starting from September 2015, the personal data of Russian citizens must be stored on servers located physically on the Russian territory. Adopted last year in a bid to affirm Russia’s digital sovereignty, this new law has provided many players with challenges due both to its demanding requirements and the ambiguity of some of its key provisions (see details in EWDN’s …

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Russia exempts airline ticketing systems from personal data storage law

February 15, 2017

The Russian law on personal data storage will not apply to airlines and air ticket booking systems, the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications has announced on its website. Adopted last year, the new legislation forbidding storage of Russian citizens’ personal data in foreign countries has posed new challenges to many companies – both foreign and domestic – which store their …

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Putin signs ‘right to be forgotten’ bill into law

February 28, 2017

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a controversial bill that allows citizens to demand that internet search engines remove links to personal information deemed “false” and “irrelevant,” as well as to that distributed in violation of the law. The law on the so-called “right to be forgotten,” signed by Putin on July 14, …

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