Facebook not going to transfer Russian user data onto Russian servers

Social networking giant Facebook is not going to transfer Russian users' personal data onto Russian servers, as required by a new Russian law, but Roskomnadzor, the Russian censors responsible for surveilling and policing the Internet, does not plan to check the observance of the law before January 1, 2016, the Russian daily Vedomosti wrote on Wednesday (August 26).

A Russian personal data law under which Internet companies should process and store Russian citizens' personal data in Russia will become effective as of September 1, 2015, Vedomosti wrote.

Roskomnadzor is authorized to monitor the implementation of the law and will keep a register of companies that violate it and may restrict access to the online resources on the black list.

Yet, Roskomnadzor's inspection schedule does not mention any checks at large Internet companies until the end of the year....................

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