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Russia Mandates Apple to Retain User Data and Communications for Surveillance

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Russia Mandates Apple to Retain User Data and Communications for Surveillance

Russia Places Apple on State Surveillance Registry

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Russia Places Apple on State Surveillance Registry

Apple faces Russian data retention and disclosure requirements after being added to the country's state surveillance registry, Bloomberg reports. Russia's communications regulator, Roskomnadzor,...

The Apple Post

Russia adds Apple to state surveillance registry requiring user data retention

Apple has been added to Russia’s state surveillance registry, placing the company under local rules that require certain user communications and related information to be retained and made...

Russia Demands Apple Hand Over User Messages Under New Surveillance Rules

TUAW

Russia Demands Apple Hand Over User Messages Under New Surveillance Rules

Russia has introduced new surveillance requirements targeting Apple and Microsoft, raising concerns about digital privacy and government access to personal communications. On October 2, 2026,...

Russia Now Requires Apple to Store Its Customers’ Communications and Hand Them Over Upon Demand

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Russia Now Requires Apple to Store Its Customers’ Communications and Hand Them Over Upon Demand

As of October 2, Apple and Microsoft are considered "organizers of information dissemination," on Russia's state surveillance registry, according to Russia’s communications watchdog Roskomnadzor.

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