Now that LNKD is owned by Microsoft, I’m sure they don’t give a shit about losing a few million customers in Russia. That’s exactly what’s about to happen, after the company, stubbornly, refused to comply with laws that demand foreign internet companies keep storage of the data collected from Russian citizens inside Russia. It makes plenty of sense, especially in light of the fact that US companies have been co opted by government agencies.
Access to LinkedIn will be blocked in Russia after the U.S. social network failed to move personal data storage to the country, the country’s communications watchdog Roskomnadzor has said.
Conversely, services including Google, EBay, Booking.com and Uber have taken steps to move personal data storage to Russia, the watchdog has said.
“The access will be shut within days,” after a Moscow court rejected LinkedIn Corp.’s appeal Thursday, Vadim Ampelonskiy, spokesman for Roskomnadzor said. “LinkedIn failed to provide documents on moving personal databases to Russia.”
Last year, local authorities made it mandatory for foreign internet companies to store Russian clients’ personal data to servers located within the country. As the watchdog was monitoring implementation of the new law this year, LinkedIn became the first to fall foul of the ruling, with Roskomnadzor asking a Russian court to shut access to the site over non-compliance.
“The Russian court’s decision has the potential to deny access to LinkedIn for the millions of members we have in Russia and the companies that use LinkedIn to grow their businesses,” LinkedIn said in a statement. “We remain interested in a meeting with Roskomnadzor to discuss their data localization request.”
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