Russia Mandates Apple and Microsoft to Store User Data for Surveillance Purposes

10/29/2026

As Bloomberg reported today, Apple and Microsoft are now subject to Russian regulations requiring companies to store users’ communications and provide them to security agencies if requested. Here...

10/29/2026

Apple and Microsoft have been added to a Russian state surveillance registry, requiring them to hand over users' text, video and audio messages without a legal process, and by request.Moscow at...

10/28/2026

Russia added Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp. to a registry that requires companies to retain users’ communications and provide them to the security services upon request.

10/28/2026

Russia has added Apple and Microsoft to its register of information dissemination organisers, requiring them to retain user data and communications records as the country steps up regulatory...