Media: eBay has agreed to store the data of Russians in Russia – Sight

Internet company eBay Inc announced its readiness to store personal data of Russian users on servers located in Russia.

It is required by law to come into force on 1 September this year, despite protests from the Internet industry, claimed that as a result of the largest companies will be forced to stop their work in Russia, and the law “will cause irreparable damage to the economy,” according to «Kommersant» .

Last Friday, the head of the Russian representation eBay Vladimir Dolgov met with the deputy head of Roskomnadzor Antonina Priezzheva, said a source familiar with the details of the negotiations. According to him, eBay became the first American Internet company, which announced its intention to process and store data of Russian citizens in the country.

«eBay is working on the transfer of data from Switzerland to Russia. Law shall enter into force on 1 September, but the company will complete this work before, “- said the source. The meeting was also attended by a representative of the payment system PayPal, which is now owned by eBay. “In this regard, PayPal expressed a similar position with eBay” – the source added.

The representative Roskomnadzora Vadim Ampelonsky confirmed the meeting with the leadership of eBay, adding that “the company announced its intention to comply with the law.” «EBay is a working group from the first day, but such a meeting with representatives of the government was the first,” – said Vladimir Dolgov.

«The main goal was to get eBay answers to several questions on the law on personal data, which enter into force on 1 September 2015. Following the meeting, eBay confirms its readiness to collect and store the required information in accordance with the law “- he said.

The company did not explain how much data you want to transfer and whether eBay to build their own server capacity or use leased . According to iKS-Consulting, the Russian market of commercial data centers in 2013 increased by 28% and amounted to 9.1 billion rubles, there are more than 170 large and medium commercial data centers.

«We analyze applicable to our requirements and communicate with our regulators to develop optimal solutions “- said the representative PayPal Galina Skatkin.

In January, PayPal, fulfilling the US sanctions, deactivated accounts registered in the Crimea. As a consequence, their owners can not use eBay, said a company spokesman. But the question of work in the Crimea on eBay meeting with Roskomnazdorom not raised and is not linked to the theme of transport servers, the source said.

According to the Association of Internet commerce, last year Russians bought in foreign shops 80m goods by $ 6 billion, which is about 30% of all e-commerce in Russia. In the second half of 2014 was at 3.7 million eBay buyers from Russia. Yesterday eBay capitalization on the NASDAQ was 69 billion dollars.