Samsung has leased storage in a Russian data center for storing data from Russian citizens in the country,
according to Vedomosti . Lenovo began to prepare for the entry of law 242- in February and almost completed the transfer of personal data of Russians.
According to the source "Vedomosti" from the leadership of Samsung, the company is preparing the personal data of Russian customers from accounts and applications for smartphones for transfer to a Russian data center. The company leased the capacity of DataPro data center for this purpose. Samsung proceeds "from the strictest interpretation" of the law.
The head of Lenovo in Russia, the CIS and Eastern Europe Gleb Mishin said that Lenovo has almost completed the data transfer. The company has transferred a personnel database to its own servers. On servers in China, the company stores the registration form data that the customer fills in when buying a new product: Lenovo will transfer this data to Russia if necessary or destroy it.
Acer decides whether the information that companies provide to users is personal data. The company will transfer the applicable law to servers in Russia.
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In 2015, Roskomnadzor held a series of meetings with representatives of foreign companies on the topic of transferring Russian data to the country. Consent to the storage of data in Russia gave
eBay ,
AliExpres and
Booking.com .
Amendments to the Law on Personal Data, which will oblige IT companies to keep personal data of Russians in Russia, will enter into force on September 1, 2015. They
will not have retroactive effect : the databases that were modified until September 1, 2015 can be stored in the same places, but after any changes they must be transferred to the physical servers of Russia.