Russia fines US-based online dating service

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A Russian court fined Match Group, the owner of Tinder dating app, 2 million roubles ($33,280) on Thursday for an alleged failure to store user data. The fine follows similar steps against Facebook's WhatsApp and Snapchat owner Snap Inc taken earlier on Thursday. ($1 = 60.1000 roubles)

2 months ago·Washington, United States

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Times of India

Russia fines WhatsApp, others over data storage violations: Agencies - ET Telecom

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Reuters

Russia fined WhatsApp and Snap over data storage

[Russia 28th Reuters] - On the 28th, a Russian court decided on the 28th to US Snap, which operates the dialogue app “What's Up” under the umbrella of US Meta Platforms and the photo processing sharing application “Snapchat” I ordered the payment of a fine. The reason is that they refused to store data on Russian users domestically. It was reported by several news agencies. The fine for What's Up is 18 million rubles (30,1255 dollars). A fine of…

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Hindustan Times

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KRDO

Russia fines WhatsApp, Snapchat over data storage

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2 months ago

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Channel News Asia

Russian court fines Tinder owner for data law violation

MOSCOW : A Russian court fined Match Group, the owner of Tinder dating app, 2 million roubles ($33,280) on Thursday for an alleged failure to store user data within Russia territory, the RIA news agency reported.The fine follows similar steps against Facebook's WhatsApp and Snapchat owner Snap Inc taken

2 months ago·Singapore

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