Data localization: why old schemes no longer work and how to avoid multimillion fines
2025-11-27
If your business works with users from Russia, the question of where personal data is stored concerns you directly. Phones, names, email addresses, form submissions, employee data — all of this falls under strict localization requirements.
Many companies have lived for years in a “gray area”: data seemed to be stored both in Russia and abroad, and responsibility was blurred. But as of July 1, 2025 the rules changed so much that many common technical schemes are now considered a direct violation of the law.