A magistrate in Moscow fined the popular music service Spotify and the rental search service Airbnb for repeated refusals to localize the data of Russian Federation citizens on the territory of the Russian Federation. This was reported by Interfax.
Now companies must pay an administrative fine of 6 million rubles.
According to Roskomnadzor protocols, these two services store personal data of users in Russia on servers in the EU and the USA. Representatives from Spotify and Airbnb did not attend the meeting.
Moscow court in July 2022 fine Spotify music streaming service for 500 thousand rubles for refusing to localize personal data of Russians.
In October 2023, the court held its first hearing in Moscow. imposed Fine against Zoom Video Communications for violating the rules on the activities of foreign organizations on the Internet in Russia. Zoom Video Communications Inc. It is located in the USA but operates in the Russian Federation.
It was previously known that Zoom was rebooted. refused to localize Russian data and received a large fine.