Court to hear case against Google on Oct 16, can slap second fine

MOSCOW, Oct 12 (PRIME) – A magistrate of Moscow’s Tagansky District Court will consider on October 16 a report that can make Google the first foreign company to face a second fine in Russia for a repeated refusal to localize personal data of its users in the country, a court representative told PRIME on Thursday.

Google was fined 15 million rubles in mid-2022.

The court will hear similar reports against recruiting service Freelancer International and Ookla, which owns Internet speed tracker Speedtest, on October 16.

The maximum fine stands at 18 million rubles.

(99.9808 rubles – U.S. $1)

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