Russian data protection law can come into effect in JanuaryThe State Duma Committee on Information Policy recommended that the lower house adopt a bill to make the personal data storage law effective in January 2015.17:06 16.09.2014
Google probes alleged theft of 5 mln Gmail passwordsGoogle is investigating the alleged theft of almost five million logins and passwords to Gmail accounts, the company’s press service told RIA Novosti.15:28 10.09.2014
Google may leak personal data of Russians to Ukraine’s Security Service - reportYevgeny Fyodorov, lawmaker of Russia's lower house of parliament, claims that Google may leak personal data of Russian citizens to the Ukraine’s Security Service and wants the Prosecutor General’s Office to check the allegations.10:36 04.09.2014
State Duma lawmakers urge to fast track law on personal data storageLawmakers of State Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament, are seeking to speed up the enactment of a recently-approved law on Russian citizens' personal data storage and processing.17:37 01.09.2014
Passport now required to use public Wi-Fi in RussiaThe Russian Government has given instructions to require public Wi-Fi user identification. The directive was published in the official regulatory database, RIA Novosti reports.10:47 08.08.2014
Snowden granted 3-year residence permit in RussiaFormer NSA contractor and CIA employee Edward Snowden has been granted a Russian residence permit for three years, his lawyer Anatoly Kucherena announced on Thursday at a news conference in Moscow.15:11 07.08.2014
Special UK court to hear state surveillance complaints - reportThis week Britain’s Investigatory Powers Tribunal, which deals with public complaints about unreasonable official snooping, will hear the first of this year’s series of legal complaints on the alleged surveillance by state security agencies16:24 14.07.2014
Online sellers ordered to store Russians’ personal data in RussiaOn Wednesday, the Federation Council approved a law binding foreign online companies that sell plane tickets and consumer goods in Russia, as well as social networking sites, to store Russians’ personal data in Russia.15:41 09.07.2014
NSA says reports about eavesdropping on American citizens are exaggerationMedia reports suggesting that nine out of ten surveillance targets are ordinary Internet users are an exaggeration, an NSA press spokesperson told RIA Novosti.10:06 08.07.2014
Supreme Court upholds Rambler Internet Holding’s non-disclosure fineRussia’s Supreme Commercial Court will not review a lower court’s decision to impose a 500,000 ruble ($14,465) fine on Russian Rambler Internet Holding for its refusal to provide information on online correspondence, the court told RAPSI on Tuesday.16:52 17.06.2014
EU citizens can now conceal their personal data from Google searchLast night, Google launched a new service for EU residents that allows concealing web pages with personal data from search results, AFP reports.11:00 30.05.2014
European Court to protect online users from search enginesIT companies operating search engines are responsible for dissemination of personal data that appear on third party websites and therefore must act upon requests to delete such data, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on Tuesday.14:55 13.05.2014
US senator sues Obama over NSA surveillanceKentucky Senator Rand Paul filed a class action lawsuit Wednesday against US President Barrack Obama and various other high-ranking officials over the National Security Agency’s (NSA) mass surveillance activities.17:45 13.02.2014
Kaspersky Lab uncovers cyber spying network in 31 countriesKaspersky Lab has uncovered a global cyber spying network that has been in operation since at least 2007, according to the statement Moscow-based antivirus and Internet security software company released on Tuesday.13:13 11.02.2014
NSA monitored former German chancellor Schröder's phone - reportThe National Security Agency monitored former German chancellor Schroder's phone, Süddeutsche Zeitung writes on Wednesday citing anonymous sources and Edward Snowden's revelations.12:04 05.02.2014
PACE committee to invite Snowden, US officials to speak on mass surveillanceA committee within the Strasbourg-based Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) plans to invite NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden to its headquarters in April to debate mass surveillance and whistleblowing with US officials.17:14 29.01.2014
Mail.ru claim against non-disclosure fine dismissedThe Moscow Commercial Court has upheld a previous court decision to impose a 500,000 ruble ($15,310) fine on Mail.Ru for refusal to disclose user data to the Bank of Russia's financial market regulation branch.17:01 16.01.2014
European Parliament Committee urges action against NSA surveillance programAfter vehemently condemning mass surveillance programs exposed in recent months by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, a draft report published this week by the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice, and Home Affairs called on the US and EU member states to impose a ban on blanket mass surveillance and bulk personal-data processing.15:48 10.01.2014
Rambler Internet Holding's appeal against non-disclosure fine dismissedThe Moscow District Federal Commercial Court has upheld a previous court decision to impose a 500,000 ruble ($15,310) fine on Russian Rambler Internet Holding for its refusal to provide information on online correspondence.13:59 09.01.2014
US Senate committee reveals murky world of consumer data salesA US Senate committee released a report Wednesday illuminating the enormous market for so-called “data brokers” that profit on the sale of data collected from “hundreds of millions” of consumers.14:46 19.12.2013