Freelancer.com int'l platform held responsible in Russia for refusal to localize Russian users' data - court

MOSCOW. July 12 (Interfax) - A magistrate's court in Moscow will have a hearing at the end of July to process a motion from Federal Communications watchdog Roskomnadzor against the Australian company Freelancer International Pty Limited over its refusal to localize the personal data of Russian users in Russia.

"The hearing of an administrative offense motion against Freelancer International Pty Limited will begin at 11:30 a.m. on July 28," the court told Interfax on Tuesday.

The motion is based on the failure of an operator gathering personal data to comply with the duty of recording, systematizing, accumulating and storing personal data of Russian citizens in databases in Russia. The offense is penalized with a fine of up to 6 million rubles.