Finland: Issued DPA order banning Yandex LLC and Ridetech International from processing and transferring data

On 8 August 2023, the Data Protection Authority (DPA) of Finland issued an order banning Yandex LLC and Ridetech International from transferring customer data, including location information, collected through the Yango taxi service platform to Russia and refrain from processing the data it had collected. In particular, the DPA stated that the order is issued following the entry into force of regulation in Russia, which allows the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation to access the data stored by the platforms providing taxi services. The ban will be in force starting 1 September 2023 until 30 November 2023.