Blue without concessions

The Russian authorities will not transfer the entry into force of the law on the localization of personal data on Russian servers. This was stated by the head of Roskomnadzor Alexander Zharov, reports Interfax.

"There was a discussion that it is necessary to slow down the law of the law, make it sleeping for a year. In this story, it is definitely necessary to put an end to," Zharov said. According to him, the law will enter into force in the appointed time, but "no fail or collapse for the industry will happen."

Samsung, Lenovo, AliExpress, Ebay, PayPal, Uber, Booking.com and other players began transferring data to Russia, Zharov said. However, according to him, such large companies as Google, Facebook and Apple are not yet engaged in the location of these Russians. Nevertheless, meetings with their representatives are held in Roskomnadzor, and “they think how the law will follow,” said the head of Roskomnadzor.

Zharov emphasized that the Facebook and Google do not appear in the list of checks before the end of the year. “In principle, they can work until the time of planned verification comes, or, for some reason, a decision on an unscheduled audit will not be made,” he said. Twitter does not process personal data, according to Roskomnadzor.

Meanwhile, in the spring it was reported that Google began transferring data to Russian servers.

On Monday, Kommersant reported that the European Business Association, which unites more than 600 firms working in Russia and the European Union countries, appealed to Vladimir Putin with a request to postpone for a year - until September 1, 2016 - the entry into force of sanctions for violation of the law on personal data storage. According to the publication, the head of the association, Philip Pegorye, outlined his request to Putin in mid -June, during the next St. Petersburg Economic Forum.

As the Internet Ombudsman Dmitry Marinichev said, Putin instructed to work out the question of his assistant Andrei Belousov. “AEB and I act in agreement,” added the Internet Ombudsman. Meanwhile, the presidential administration reported that a specific decision on the appeal of AEB has not yet been made. "First, experts should give an assessment of the appropriateness of this initiative. After that, the issue can already be raised to the level of the presidential administration," officials said.

In the initial edition, the Law on Personal Data, signed by Putin in July 2014 , entered into force on September 1, 2016. However, later this period was shifted a year in advance , despite the negative reaction of the business community.