Russia: Issued ruling imposing fine on Snap, Match Group, Hotels.com, Spotify for non-compliance with data localisation requirement

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Issued ruling imposing fine on Snap, Match Group, Hotels.com, Spotify for non-compliance with data localisation requirement

On 28 July 2022, the Magistrate's Court of the Tagansky District of Moscow issued a ruling in the case brought before the Court by the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media of Russia, Roskomnadzor against Snap, Match Group, Hotels.com. The Court found the companies in violation of Russia's personal data legislation for refusing to localise the personal data of Russian citizens. In addition, the Court noted that the companies failed to provide documents confirming that the storage and processing of personal data of Russian users are carried out on the territory of the Federation. The Court issued a fine of RUB 500’00 for Spotify, RUB 1 million for Snap Inc and Hotels.com, RUB 2 million for Match Group.

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Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data localisation requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content, streaming service provider, messaging service provider, platform intermediary: other
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court

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2022-07-28
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On 28 July 2022, the Magistrate's Court of the Tagansky District of Moscow issued a ruling in the c…

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