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Changes in Federal Law “On Personal Data”

01 June 2022

On the 24th of May 2022 State Duma approved in the first reading a draft law No. 101234-8 “On amendments to the Federal Law “On personal data” and other legislative acts of Russian Federation on the matters of protection of personal data subjects” (the Draft). The Draft was created in order to increase the protection of privacy of the subject of personal data.

New Meta* Universe in Russia.The Sequel

29 March 2022
On Monday, March 28, the full text of the decision on Meta Platforms Inc.* (No. 02-2473/2022) case was published on the official website of the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow.

It is the sequel of the case we reviewed as of 22 March, related to Meta Platforms Inc.* activity on operation of Facebook* and Instagram* social network in the territory of the Russian Federation.

New Meta* Universe in Russia

22 March 2022
On March 21, 2022 the Court of Tverskoy district in Moscow resolved the case related to Meta Platforms Inc.* activity on operation of Facebook* and Instagram* social network in the territory of the Russian Federation. The mentioned activity of Meta Platforms Inc.* has been forbidden as extremist.

We have analyzed the legal consequences in connection with banning of the Meta Platforms Inc.* activity, made an assessment on possible business risks and provided particular recommendations on their mitigation.

For more information please see this update.