Companies - services Facebook, gmail and Skype or Whatsapp, seems to be facing big problem at Russia.
Russia's Parliament has passed a bill that could do a lot problems on Western tech companies if they don't start storing their data domestically. The legislation would require Silicon Valley companies such as Facebook, Google's Gmail, and its Skype Microsoft, to transfer all data originating from the country's citizens, to Russian territory, in order to allow the authorities to legally control the data they wish.
Currently, the Russian authorities do not have the authority to acquire data stored outside its borders unless they make a legitimate request for mutual legal co-operation, which the country does not want because it does not like to cooperate.
The amendment concerning "Information, Information Technologies and Information Protection" and is part of counterterrorism laws of the country, will require Russian data to be stored inside the country to be accessible by state security agencies, says ZDNet.
In this case, if a Russian or foreign e-mail service, social networking site, or instant messaging provider does not provide access to data for at least six months, it will face the possibility of exclusion from the country.
The law - which has not yet been ratified by Russian President Vladimir Putin - will force all foreign companies to set up their own servers and datacenters inside Russia in order to comply with the law. It will give the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) (formerly the KGB) and other media and "media" a regulatory role for the betterment of Russia's Internet.
The amendment comes just two weeks after the retention of such data retention laws by the European Union's Supreme Court.
As a non-member of the European Union, Russia recognizes some laws from Brussels - to maintain relations with the 28-member bloc, but actively rejects others - not least in its own anti-terrorism and anti-terrorism legislation. data collection.
