MP demanded to ban Windows 10
According to Izvestia , the State Duma deputy and the chief lawyer of the Communist Party faction Vadim Soloviev sent to Attorney General Yuri Chaika a request about the need for Microsoft to verify that its new Windows 10 operating system complied with Russian legislation in the field of personal data protection.
Using the operating system, Microsoft automatically collects and stores the history of web pages visited by the user, passwords to websites, user coordinates, email and SMS message fragments, data on calls made, data from the address book and other personal information. According to Solovyov, this violates Russian law, according to which the collection and processing of personal data of citizens of the Russian Federation can only be carried out by organizations that are in the register of personal data operators. At the same time, the company, according to the license agreement, reserves the right to provide fragments of personal correspondence and other collected personal data of users at the request of the special services, as well as publish and use it in other ways at will. According to the deputy, given that many Russian state structures use Windows operating systems in their work, the leakage of secret information to foreign special services is possible. "Actually, this is espionage."
According to the law, personal data of Russians should be processed and stored on the territory of Russia, while in the licensing agreement Microsoft prescribes its right to disclose information to third parties, the deputy notes. Since there is no Microsoft in the public registry of personal operators Microsoft, it’s illegal to distribute Windows 10 in Russia, Solovyov said.
In the request, the deputy asks for an audit of the company, as well as “take measures to block the corresponding Internet resource, from which it is possible to download this software, before making a final decision on its admission to the Russian market, and also issue a warning to the executive and legislative authorities of the Russian Federation using this software on their devices "
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Using the operating system, Microsoft automatically collects and stores the history of web pages visited by the user, passwords to websites, user coordinates, email and SMS message fragments, data on calls made, data from the address book and other personal information. According to Solovyov, this violates Russian law, according to which the collection and processing of personal data of citizens of the Russian Federation can only be carried out by organizations that are in the register of personal data operators. At the same time, the company, according to the license agreement, reserves the right to provide fragments of personal correspondence and other collected personal data of users at the request of the special services, as well as publish and use it in other ways at will. According to the deputy, given that many Russian state structures use Windows operating systems in their work, the leakage of secret information to foreign special services is possible. "Actually, this is espionage."
According to the law, personal data of Russians should be processed and stored on the territory of Russia, while in the licensing agreement Microsoft prescribes its right to disclose information to third parties, the deputy notes. Since there is no Microsoft in the public registry of personal operators Microsoft, it’s illegal to distribute Windows 10 in Russia, Solovyov said.
In the request, the deputy asks for an audit of the company, as well as “take measures to block the corresponding Internet resource, from which it is possible to download this software, before making a final decision on its admission to the Russian market, and also issue a warning to the executive and legislative authorities of the Russian Federation using this software on their devices "
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As they say - no comment.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/293510/
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