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Re:Russia Requires Apple and Google to Remove LinkedIn from ... by anonymfus on Saturday January 07, 2017 @10:38AM (#13344608)
Then you misunderstand the law. It does not prevent companies from storing data abroad, it only requires them to have copy in Russia.
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Re:Russia Requires Apple and Google to Remove LinkedIn from ... by mattnewton on Saturday January 07, 2017 @04:20PM (#13346715)
If that's true it would suggest to me it really isn't about privacy but it's about the ability of the Russian government to get at the data. And that makes sense.
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