Roskomnadzor Again Sues Google For Alleged Violation Of The Personal Data Law

JAKARTA - Russia's communications regulator Roskomnadzor said on Friday, May 27 that it had opened an administrative case against Alphabet Inc's Google and six other foreign technology companies for alleged breaches of personal data laws.

Moscow has been at loggerheads with Big Tech over content, censorship, data and local representation in a simmering dispute that has erupted into a full-fledged information battle since Russia sent tens of thousands of troops to Ukraine on February 24.

Russia fined Google 3 million rubles (IDR 681 million) last year for not storing personal data of users from Russia in a database on Russian territory. On Friday they said they had opened a new case over what it called Google's repeated failure to comply with Russian law.

Google, which declined to comment on this report, said Roskomnadzor could be fined between 6-18 million rubles.

According to a Reuters report, the Regulator also said it had opened cases against six other companies such as Airbnb, Pinterest, Likeme, Twitch, Apple and United Parcel Service for the first alleged violation that carries a potential fine of 1-6 million rubles. Likeme could not be reached, while the other five companies did not immediately comment.