Apple was fined $33,900 by the court for refusing to store users’ iCloud data in the local Russian data center

Currently, all major markets around the world require multinational companies to store data in local data centers instead of transferring data abroad due to potential data privacy concerns. In the Russian market, local regulators have made similar demands on Apple, but Apple does not seem to store data strictly in accordance with Russian law. So the Moscow court ruled that Apple should pay a fine of 2 million rubles ($33,900), but whether Apple paid the fine and complied with the regulations is still a question.

In September 2015, Russia enacted a law requiring tech service providers to store Russian users’ data in data centers within Russia rather than transfer them. At the time, it was reported that Apple had reached a cooperation with data center providers in Russia, but it was not until 2019 that Apple said it would comply with the regulations.

As a result, Apple seems to have not fully complied with the rules so far, and Russian regulators have found that Apple has not complied with legal requirements when it comes to online data storage. So the Russian court issued a fine to Apple and continued to require Apple to comply with the law immediately, but Apple has not issued any response on the matter.

Via: appleinsider