Russian Court Fines Google $260,000 for Breaching Data Rules

Russian Court Fines Google $260,000 for Breaching Data Rules
The logo of Russia's state communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, is reflected in a laptop screen showing Google start page, in this picture illustration taken on May 27, 2021. Maxim Shemetov/Illustration/Reuters
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A Moscow court on Thursday said it had fined Alphabet’s Google 15 million rubles ($260,000) for repeatedly failing to comply with a Russian law requiring technology companies to localize user data.

Russia has issued multiple fines to foreign technology companies in recent years over a range of infringements, in what critics say is Moscow’s attempt to exert greater control over the internet.