The Moscow Magistrate’s Court imposed a fine of 15 million rubles. Against the American company Google for not complying with the requirement for localization of personal data of Russian users on the territory of the Russian Federation. socialbites.ca was informed about this by the press service of the Tagansky District Court of Moscow.
“Google LLC was found guilty of committing an administrative offense under Part 9 of Article 13.11 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation and was imposed an administrative fine in the amount of 15 million rubles.”
This is the third fine the court has imposed on Google under this article. In August 2021, the company was fined 3 million rubles, and in June 2022, a fine of 15 million rubles. for the same crime. However, Google continued to ignore the requirements of Roskomnadzor, which requires foreign services to localize databases of Russian users by July 1, 2021.
Google isn’t the only company facing sanctions for not complying with localization laws. Previously, Facebook (the owner of the company Meta is known as an extremist and was banned in Russia), Twitter, Telegram, WhatsApp and other popular platforms were fined in Russia for violating this law.
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