Personal Data Maintenance Act
The U.S. Trade Mission stated that Russian legislation on the localization of personal data was a barrier that restricted trade in the digital environment, which made American companies ready to leave the Russian market.
" Local area support data storage and processing Technically or economically impossible, many American companies have a choice: to leave the Russian market or to work in a context of considerable legal uncertainty.” Transmits the Interfax statement of the trade.It is a law that provides certain personal data on Russian citizens who are collected electronically and processed and stored in Russia. In this connection, the trade has pointed to the blocking of the United States social network LinkedIn in November 2016, which was closed because of the lack of information on the localization of Russian personal data.