Russia will not allow the Apple products

In the Russian Federation from January 1, 2015 may prohibit the use of products of the American company Apple. iPhone and iPad are going to get banned in consequence of the program iCloud account, contrary to the law coming into effect in the beginning of the following year.

As explained Internet Ombudsman Dmitry Marinichev, the use of iPhone and iPad in the Russian Federation can prevent early as 2015. This is due to the entry into force on 1 January of the law, which involves saving all personal data of citizens of the Russian Federation only on the territory of the state, informs the official website Ren.tv. While Apple is there a program iCloud account, which conveys all the information about the users on the server who are in the United States.

Remember, in early June of this year, President Vladimir Putin signed into law requiring all foreign Internet companies, acting as the implementation in the Russian Federation, maintain the personal data of Russian citizens especially on land power.

Note that the bulk of the data center IT corporations located in the United States. This fact raises a real concern to the international community, especially after the revelations of former CIA agent Edward Snowden. He has revealed the truth about information security and real persecution of the IT giants by U.S. intelligence.

In this regard, Google, Apple and Microsoft started the construction of additional data centers in the Netherlands. One of the main circumstances of the company called the hard policy of the authorities of the United States. The white house nothing stops the issue of information monopolies. It concerns Internet users around the world and suggests that the decision of the Russian authorities on the transfer of information centres is under the soil.

sections: Politics, Hi-Tech