Kommersant: The Ministry of Transport proposed collecting data on travelers’ IP addresses
2/22/2024, 5:41:25 AM
Highlights: The Russian Ministry of Transport has prepared a draft order, according to which, from September 1, carriers will be required to transfer bank card data, IP addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses and passenger account passwords. The project proposes to transfer new data to carriers in air, water and rail transport, as well as road transport for intercity and international traffic, with the exception of flights between Moscow and the Moscow region and St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region. Earlier, Roskomnadzor announced that 510 million records about Russians had been leaked into the network.
The Russian Ministry of Transport has prepared a draft order, according to which, from September 1, carriers will be required to transfer bank card data, IP addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses and passenger account passwords to a unified database.
“Currently, the Unified State Health Information System collects passport data, travel date and route.
The draft new order... expands this list.
It will add the information that the passenger provides when booking and purchasing a ticket,” Kommersant reports.
The project proposes to transfer new data to carriers in air, water and rail transport, as well as road transport for intercity and international traffic, with the exception of flights between Moscow and the Moscow region, as well as St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region.
The Association of Air Transport Operators, the Ministry of Transport and Zashchitainfotrans have not yet commented on the information.
Earlier, Roskomnadzor announced that 510 million records about Russians had been leaked into the network since the beginning of this year.