Air ticket sellers will not transfer data from foreign servers to Russia

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One of the most serious problems associated with the entry into force of amendments to the law on personal data is the need to transfer data to domestic servers by foreign air ticket reservation systems. Now this problem seems to have been solved - such systems are exempted from the obligation to store data of citizens of the Russian Federation in the country, Kommersant reports . Such a decision is completely legitimate, since ticket reservation systems are agents of airlines that have already been withdrawn from the law. As a result, problems for passengers are eliminated. True, another problem appears - the reality of the implementation of the Rostec project on the creation of a national air ticket booking system.

Note that some foreign systems, such as the American GDS Saber, were not ready to change their own IT-architecture due to the amendments. It was easier for such companies to disconnect Russian partners from the system. Roskomnadzor and the Ministry of Transport held several meetings in spring and summer with representatives of air ticket booking services, after which the tension subsided somewhat.

“At this stage, the explanation is quite understandable, so we are satisfied with the wording,” said Dmitry Krasnov, vice president of SITA in Russia. Thus, market participants calmed down somewhat, although there still remain several problems. For example, the companies Saber and Amadeus are also engaged in booking hotels and car rentals. Therefore, "the GDS indirect business is potentially at risk of applying the law."
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Plus, the official position of the Ministry of Communications is not satisfied with another department - the FSB. In this service they consider that all data of domestic users should be stored in the Russian Federation. The Rostec state corporation, which has already started the implementation of the project to create a national air ticket reservation system, agrees with this opinion.