Yango Fined €100M Over Data Transfers to Russia
The Dutch data protection authority has imposed a €100 million fine on the taxi app Yango for transferring user data to Russia. The fine addresses concerns over the security and privacy of personal information sent to a country where it could be accessed by authorities.
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European data protection authorities fined Yango operator MLU B.V. €100 million after an investigation found the company transferred personal data of taxi users to Russia without safeguards required under EU law. Regulators also ordered the company to stop all transfers of European user data to Russia with immediate effect. The case marks the first coordinated European ruling focused on data transfers to Russia.
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