On 17 December, the State Duma (the lower chamber of the Russian Parliament) passed legislation that would change the effective date of Russia’s new law requiring the local storage in Russia of the personal data of Russian citizens (Data Localization Law) from 1 September 2016 to 1 September 2015. The legislation currently is subject to the Federation Council’s (the upper chamber of the Russian Parliament) and president’s approvals.
While impacted businesses had hoped that the Data Localization Law’s effective date would remain 1 September 2016, after having various consultations with IT specialists, legislators decided to set a compromise date of 1 September 2015 The State Duma adopted the new date.
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