{"id":24271,"date":"2019-02-12T16:16:35","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T21:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=24271"},"modified":"2019-02-12T16:16:35","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T21:16:35","slug":"apple-storing-russian-users-data-on-local-servers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/12\/apple-storing-russian-users-data-on-local-servers\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Storing Russian Users&rsquo; Data on Local Servers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2019\/01\/31\/how-russia-is-strong-arming-apple-data-security-icloud\/\">Amy MacKinnon<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2019\/01\/31\/how-russia-is-strong-arming-apple-data-security-icloud\/\"><p>Roskomnadzor, the Russian government agency that oversees media and telecommunications, has confirmed for the first time that Apple Russia is to adhere to a 2014 law that requires any company handling the digital data of Russian citizens to process and store it on servers physically located in Russia. Under Russian counterterrorism laws, Apple could be compelled to decrypt and hand over user data to security services on request.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Russian law takes a broad interpretation of personal data and applies it to anything that could be used to identify individuals or their behavior. Photos, music, and e-book downloads would all indirectly be defined as personal data, said Medvedev, who specializes in internet and e-commerce law.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/pxlnv.com\/linklog\/apple-russian-user-data\/\">Nick Heer<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/pxlnv.com\/linklog\/apple-russian-user-data\/\">\n<p> It isn&rsquo;t clear to me how Russia could expect to decrypt any user data with the exception of email, as it&rsquo;s end-to-end encrypted in Russia the same way as it is anywhere else.<\/p>\n<p>So far, it seems that Apple has been happy to move data to local servers so long as they get to maintain control over encryption and privacy practices. But what happens when a country passes a law that requires them to relinquish their ability to secure user data?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>However, I disagree about <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/HT202303\">most user data<\/a> being end-to-end encrypted.<\/p>\n\n<p>Previously: <a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/26\/icloud-in-china-and-on-googles-cloud\/\">iCloud in China and on Google&rsquo;s Cloud<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amy MacKinnon: Roskomnadzor, the Russian government agency that oversees media and telecommunications, has confirmed for the first time that Apple Russia is to adhere to a 2014 law that requires any company handling the digital data of Russian citizens to process and store it on servers physically located in Russia. 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