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Match Group fined 10 million rubles for refusing to localize the data of Russians

9/4/2023, 8:30:23 AM

Highlights: The company Match Group, which manages the Tinder service, was fined 10 million rubles in Moscow. Match Group was found guilty of repeated failure to fulfill the obligation to localize the personal data of Russian citizens in databases located on the territory of Russia. On June 30, it was reported that the online dating app Tinder should stop working in Russia. The decision was made by the magistrate of the judicial district No. 422 of the Tagansky district of Moscow. The fine is in the form of an administrative fine in the amount of 10 million Rubles.

The company Match Group, which manages the Tinder service, was fined 10 million rubles in Moscow for repeated failure to comply with the requirement to localize the data of Russian citizens in Russia, access to which is limited.


Interfax writes about this with reference to the decision of the magistrate of the judicial district No. 422 of the Tagansky district of Moscow, Timur Vakhrameev.

"Assign Match Group LLC a penalty in the form of an administrative fine in the amount of 10 million rubles," the resolution says.

It is clarified that Match Group was found guilty of repeated failure to fulfill the obligation to localize the personal data of Russian citizens in databases located on the territory of Russia.

On June 30, it was reported that the online dating app Tinder should stop working in Russia.