eBay will store the data of Russian users in the Russian Federation

The eBay company announced its consent to store personal data of Russian users on servers that are physically located in Russia. On April 3, the head of the Russian eBay division, Vladimir Dolgov, met with the deputy head of Roskomnadzor, Antonina Priezzhevoy, writes Kommersant . At the meeting, Vladimir Dolgov said that eBay is already working to transfer data from Russians in Switzerland to Russia. In this case, the data transfer process will be completed before September 1.

The meeting with the head of the Russian division of eBay was also confirmed by Vadim Ampelonsky, the representative of Roskomnadzor. “The main goal of eBay was to get answers to a number of questions on the law on personal data. Following the meeting, eBay confirms its readiness to collect and store the required information in full compliance with the law, ”commented the situation at Ampelonskiy.

Data such as the amount of data to transfer and the ability to create your own server capacity to service the Russian segment of eBay, has not yet been announced. “We analyze the requirements applicable to us and communicate with our regulators to develop an optimal solution,” said a spokeswoman for PayPal (now PayPal is managed by eBay) Galina Skatkina.

Recall that the law, which obliges telecommunications companies to store personal data of Russian citizens in Russia, comes into force on September 1 of this year.