Report: Internet Giants To Comply With Russian Personal Data Law

Several giant Internet companies will acquiesce to a new Russian law that requires storing Russian users' personal data inside Russia, according to the Russian non-governmental news agency

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have each agreed to comply with the law, state media watchdog Alexander Zharov said in the report, which was picked up Tuesday by the independent English language newspaper

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will also comply "as far as I know," Zharov told Interfax. A separate privacy agreement called Safe Harbor that regulates how U.S. companies handle the personal data of European citizens came under fire recently in a European Union court case, according to The

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