Russia: District Court of Moscow fines Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp for non-compliance with data localisation obligation
Description
District Court of Moscow fines Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp for non-compliance with data localisation obligation
On 26 August 2021, the Tagansky District Court of Moscow fined Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp with pecuniary sanctions of 17 million rubles, 15 million rubles and 4 million rubles, respectively. The fines were handed out as a result of violations ag…
Scope
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data localisation requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court