TechCrunch reports the Russian State Duma has passed legislation that will require the personal data of Russian citizens to be stored inside the country. Any online service used by Russian citizens must have physical servers inside the country and such non-Russian businesses would be prohibited from sending personal information outside the border unless certain data protection guarantees are made. Those not in compliance would have their services restricted by the Russian state telecommunications agency. The proposed law is slated to take effect in September 2016, the report states, noting the law “could mean a fundamental change to how both international and Russian tech companies use international hosting services, not to mention huge costs for implementing the changes.”
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