A Russian court on Thursday fined Google 15 million rubles (about $265,000) for repeatedly refusing to store Russian user data on servers located in the country as required by national law.
According to the Russian news agency “Interfax”, which quoted the text of the sentence, the company was found guilty of an administrative violation “for failing to fulfill its responsibilities to ensure the copying, systematization, collection and storage of personal data of citizens in databases located on Russian territory”.
Russia’s communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, said about 600 foreign companies operating in Russia, including Apple, Microsoft and Samsung, currently comply with legislation’s requirements for storing local data on Russian servers.
Companies or services that refuse to comply with this requirement may face the fate of the social network LinkedIn, which was blocked at the request of Roskomnadzor in 2016.
Russian justice has on other occasions fined Google for publishing “false information” about the war in Ukraine, particularly about the number of civilian casualties in the war zones.
source: Noticias
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