Russia fines Apple and Zoom for failure to prove domestic data storage
(2022/07/13)
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A Moscow court has ordered Apple and Zoom to pay fines for refusing to store Russian citizens' data locally.
Apple received a penalty of nearly $34,000 on Tuesday while Zoom and a third company called Ookla, which is behind internet access performance tool Speedtest, were fined nearly $17,000 each.
Russian regulator Roskomnadzor [1]argued the three companies were non-compliant with demands that foreign companies provide documents confirming storage and processing of citizen personal data occurs domestically.
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According to [3]Russian state media , Apple's defense made reference to the iPhone maker's multiple legal entities.
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"Within the framework of the structure of Apple, many legal entities have been created. The processing of personal data is not engaged in Apple Inc, but Apple Distribution International Ltd, this is indicated in all explanations for users of Apple products," an Apple representative reportedly said in court.
The case was heard in Tagansky District Court of Moscow – the same court that issued [6]similar fines to Pinterest, Airbnb, Twitch, and UPS for the same alleged offense last month.
[7]Moscow court fines Pinterest, Airbnb, Twitch, UPS for not storing data locally
[8]Moscow court fines Pinterest, Airbnb, Twitch, UPS for not storing data locally
[9]Cisco quits Moscow
[10]IBM finally shutters Russian operations, lays off staff
Russian president Vladimir Putin has recently and frequently put pressure on foreign tech companies. [11]Google , [12]Meta , TikTok, and [13]Twitter were all fined by Russian courts over both content and data issues since the illegal invasion of Ukraine began.
Putin has also issued sanctions against [14]tech execs , including Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky, banning them from entering Russia indefinitely. The sanctions are widely believed to be retaliation for Western sanctions and general support of Ukraine by tech firms, which have withdrawn or limited Russian operations en masse.
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In other news from Russia, the Ministry of Digitalization proposed that fines for personal data leaks should be commensurate with the amount exposed.
"Fines will be applied in two stages," explained the ministry on its [16]Telegram account . "For the first leak, the penalty will be fixed. Its size will depend on the amount of data leaked by the company. In the event of a repeated leak, a negotiable penalty will be applied."
The negotiable penalty could be dependent on whether the company took active measures to contain the link, or whether the company attempted to hide it. The ministry also proposed an accreditation and insurance mechanism to assist in confirming compliance with security requirements. ®
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Apple received a penalty of nearly $34,000 on Tuesday while Zoom and a third company called Ookla, which is behind internet access performance tool Speedtest, were fined nearly $17,000 each.
Russian regulator Roskomnadzor [1]argued the three companies were non-compliant with demands that foreign companies provide documents confirming storage and processing of citizen personal data occurs domestically.
[2]
According to [3]Russian state media , Apple's defense made reference to the iPhone maker's multiple legal entities.
[4]
[5]
"Within the framework of the structure of Apple, many legal entities have been created. The processing of personal data is not engaged in Apple Inc, but Apple Distribution International Ltd, this is indicated in all explanations for users of Apple products," an Apple representative reportedly said in court.
The case was heard in Tagansky District Court of Moscow – the same court that issued [6]similar fines to Pinterest, Airbnb, Twitch, and UPS for the same alleged offense last month.
[7]Moscow court fines Pinterest, Airbnb, Twitch, UPS for not storing data locally
[8]Moscow court fines Pinterest, Airbnb, Twitch, UPS for not storing data locally
[9]Cisco quits Moscow
[10]IBM finally shutters Russian operations, lays off staff
Russian president Vladimir Putin has recently and frequently put pressure on foreign tech companies. [11]Google , [12]Meta , TikTok, and [13]Twitter were all fined by Russian courts over both content and data issues since the illegal invasion of Ukraine began.
Putin has also issued sanctions against [14]tech execs , including Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky, banning them from entering Russia indefinitely. The sanctions are widely believed to be retaliation for Western sanctions and general support of Ukraine by tech firms, which have withdrawn or limited Russian operations en masse.
[15]
In other news from Russia, the Ministry of Digitalization proposed that fines for personal data leaks should be commensurate with the amount exposed.
"Fines will be applied in two stages," explained the ministry on its [16]Telegram account . "For the first leak, the penalty will be fixed. Its size will depend on the amount of data leaked by the company. In the event of a repeated leak, a negotiable penalty will be applied."
The negotiable penalty could be dependent on whether the company took active measures to contain the link, or whether the company attempted to hide it. The ministry also proposed an accreditation and insurance mechanism to assist in confirming compliance with security requirements. ®
Get our [17]Tech Resources
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[9] https://www.theregister.com/2022/06/24/cisco_quits_russia_and_belarus/
[10] https://www.theregister.com/2022/06/07/ibm_russia_closes/
[11] https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/russia-fines-google-over-youtube-fakes-tass-2022-04-21/
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Paying the fine is illegal
The Man Who Fell To Earth
Sanctions and all, you know? I guess Russia will have to brick the Oligarchs phones.
Interesting time for enforcement
Mike 137
The legislation requiring this (all storage and processing of Russian Federation citizens' data to be conducted on Russian Federation territory) has been in place for several years, but until now has essentially been ignored as it's not been enforced. It's interesting that it is at last, given the political situation. Nevertheless all those businesses that ignored it to date have essentially been operating on borrowed time.
Apple and $34,000
chivo243
That's like fining me .034 cents. That's gonna send a message!
Big_Boomer
Apple - "Remote brick all iPhones within the borders of The Russian Federation".
So... the next move to counter Russia is litigation? Is this the whole 'death by a thousand cuts' thing you hear about?
Could the defence plead their case using live ammo or guided missiles?
So many questions...