Yandex eager to prove its Yango app doesn’t breach data privacy regulations in Europe
<img width="250" height="164" src="https://www.leaprate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/FNP-LP-Yandex-eager-to-prove-its-Yango-app-doesnt-breach-data-privacy-regulations-in-Europe-5319478694iStock-518984027-250×164.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" style="float: left; margin-right: 5px;" link_thumbnail="" srcset="https://www.leaprate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/FNP-LP-Yandex-eager-to-prove-its-Yango-app-doesnt-breach-data-privacy-regulations-in-Europe-5319478694iStock-518984027-250×164.jpg 250w, https://www.leaprate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/FNP-LP-Yandex-eager-to-prove-its-Yango-app-doesnt-breach-data-privacy-regulations-in-Europe-5319478694iStock-518984027-700×460.jpg 700w, https://www.leaprate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/FNP-LP-Yandex-eager-to-prove-its-Yango-app-doesnt-breach-data-privacy-regulations-in-Europe-5319478694iStock-518984027-768×505.jpg 768w, https://www.leaprate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/FNP-LP-Yandex-eager-to-prove-its-Yango-app-doesnt-breach-data-privacy-regulations-in-Europe-5319478694iStock-518984027-120×79.jpg 120w, https://www.leaprate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/FNP-LP-Yandex-eager-to-prove-its-Yango-app-doesnt-breach-data-privacy-regulations-in-Europe-5319478694iStock-518984027-245×161.jpg 245w, https://www.leaprate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/FNP-LP-Yandex-eager-to-prove-its-Yango-app-doesnt-breach-data-privacy-regulations-in-Europe-5319478694iStock-518984027-500×329.jpg 500w, https://www.leaprate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/FNP-LP-Yandex-eager-to-prove-its-Yango-app-doesnt-breach-data-privacy-regulations-in-Europe-5319478694iStock-518984027.jpg 1262w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /><p><span data-contrast="auto">In August, regulators in Finland and Norway announced their intentions to ban Yango from transferring data. This decision was however revoked and seems to be a knee-jerk response to controversial legislation that came into effect on 1 September.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">This law grants <a href="https://www.leaprate.com/financial-services/fintech/binance-reconsidering-strategic-ties-with-russia/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Russia</a> access to data processed through taxi services. The Dutch authorities reacted similarly and launched a probe in terms of data protection rules under the European Union. In a Wednesday email to Bloomberg, a spokesperson for the Dutch Data Protection Authority said:</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p>
<blockquote><p><span data-contrast="auto">We can confirm that we started an investigation into Yango</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p></blockquote>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">However, the authority declined any other further comments and did not elaborate on the nature of this investigation or how long it would take. Often referred to as the Google of Russia, Yandex, although registered in the Netherlands, is listed on the Nasdaq.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p>
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<p><span data-contrast="auto">The company indicated that the Finnish and Norwegian probes found that Yango’s processing of personal data does not threaten any fundamental rights or liberties of European users. Reuters reported that Yango further said:</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p>
<blockquote><p><span data-contrast="auto">As we have always stated, data of Yango users cannot be obtained from the service by Russian authorities outside of the established international procedures, for example, involving Interpol.</span></p></blockquote>
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