From July 1, 2018, Communicationa Operators will be obliged to store on the territory of the Russian Federation text messages of users of communication services, voice information, images, sounds, video and other messages of users of communication services – up to six months from the date of the end of their reception, transmission, delivery and (or) processing.
From July 01, 2018 the Organizer of information dissemination in the Internet will be obliged to keep on the territory of the Russian Federation text messages of Internet users, voice information, images, sounds, video, and other electronic messages of users of the Internet up to six months after the end of their reception, transmission, delivery and (or) processing. The order, terms and volume of storage of the information specified in this subparagraph are established by the Government of the Russian Federation
What subjects are obliged to perform duties on storage of information according to the Yarovaya’s package
Communication operator – a legal entity or individual entrepreneur providing communication services on the basis of the relevant license
The organizer of information dissemination in the Internet (the person carrying out the activities for ensuring functioning of information systems and (or) programs for electronic computers which are intended and (or) used for acceptance, transmission, delivery and (or) processing of electronic messages of users of the Internet).
Storage requirements previously entered into force:
Communication operators are obliged to store on the territory of the Russian Federation:
information on the facts of reception, transmission, delivery and (or) processing of voice information, text messages, images, sounds, video or other messages of users of communication services-within three years from the end of such actions;
The organizer of information dissemination in the Internet is obliged to store in the territory of the Russian Federation:
information about the facts of reception, transmission, delivery and (or) processing of voice information, written text, images, sounds, video or other electronic messages of Internet users, information about such users within one year from the date of completion of implementation of such actions;
The organizer of information dissemination in the Internet is obliged to submit to the Federal Executive authority the security information necessary for decoding adopted, transferred, delivered and (or) processed email messages used for reception, transmission, delivery and (or) processing of electronic messages of users of the Internet, additional coding of electronic messages and (or) providing users with Internet capabilities for encoding electronic messages.
Responsibility for violation of the law
Art. 13.31 of the Code of administrative offence: breach of duty by the organizer of information dissemination in the Internet shall entail the imposition of an administrative fine on citizens in the amount from 3,000 to 5,000 roubles; on officials – from 30 000 to 50 000 rubles; on legal entities – from 800 000 to 1 000 000 rubles.