Under Russian Data Protection Law, when collecting personal data, data operators (controllers) must ensure that recording, systematization, accumulation, storage, updating and extraction of personal data relating to Russian...more
On June 13, 2019, a new draft bill imposing multi-million Ruble (RUB) fines for infringing Russian data localization and information security laws—multiplying the maximum penalty under current law by a magnitude of 240—was...more
On September 1, 2016, Russia’s Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Connection, Informational Technologies and Mass Communications (“Roskomnadzor”) issued a report summarizing the results of implementation and...more
Although the volume of data that flows between the EU and the U.S. ensures that EU privacy law occupies most of the spotlight on the world stage, other countries have their own privacy laws worth noting as well. ...more
The European Union’s highest court has, effective immediately, invalidated the US-EU Safe Harbor program relied upon by many companies as the basis for lawfully transferring and processing personal information from the EU to...more
On September 9, 2015, the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Communications (the “Roskomnadzor”) reported on its website that it blocked an extensive online database of more...more
On September 1, 2015, Russia’s new law requiring data localization, Russian Federal Law No. 242-FZ (“Russia’s Data Localization Law”) became effective. Although Russia’s Data Localization Law makes multiple changes to...more