Google and Facebook have data of Russian users in Russia go to save

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The Russian parliament is reviewing the law in such a way so that online services that personal data of their users to save, such as Facebook and Google, that data required to store on servers within the Russian borders.

The bill writes according to the Russian Lenta for that as services decline, the government isp’s may require access to their sites, limit or block. Furthermore, these services are data of Russian users outside the borders of Russia available, unless the services to guarantee that the data in Russia is stored. This could mean, for example, a Russian facebook profile not in the Netherlands will be visible. The Russian parliament took the first part of the amendment by the end of Tuesday.

In addition, parliament is also involved with the implementation of a number of amendments in the laws for personal data and data protection. These changes propose that isps be required to keep a list of collected personal data of Russian citizens, wherever they are stored, and updates of the data. The servers where this information is stored, should also be on Russian territory. If the legislative changes are enacted, according to Techcrunch from september 2016 in operation.

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