About 19% of companies will not transfer personal data to Russia

According to the Russian Association of Electronic Communications (RAEC), 54% of both Russian and foreign companies will be able to transfer all personal data of their Russian clients to servers that are located in Russia by September 1, 2015. These data were obtained in a survey of representatives 40 companies that participated in the meeting with Roskomnadzor write “Vedomosti”. At the same time, 27% are ready to transfer data partially. And another 19% of companies will not be able to transfer data.

Amendments made to the law on personal data require from September 1 this year to store and process all personal data of Russians in Russia. At the same time, the law considers personal data to be used for shopping in online stores, registering on websites, etc.

Most domestic and foreign companies have no difficulty in preparing for the transfer of data. But 35% of the companies participating in the survey have financial difficulties that interfere with the transfer process, another 24% are not sure that there are enough resources to carry out such work. Note that such giants as Mail.ru Group, Yandex, Rambler & Co, Google, Ozon.ru, SAP, Samsung, IBM, Visa, eBay, Booking.com, Uber and other companies participated in the meeting with RAEC.

Earlier, business representatives asked the authorities to postpone the implementation of the law, to which officials refused. At the same time this year only a few tenths of a percent of IT companies operating in Russia, which by law must transfer data from Russian users, will be checked.