Russia is set to ban Microsoft-owned LinkedIn from Monday following a local court’s ruling that found the professional social network in violation of the country’s data protection laws, The New York Times reports. The Russian government passed new rules last September which required that any personal data submitted by residents to online services must be stored in data centers within the country. It’s not entirely unfounded, though: Germany recently enforced similar laws requiring companies to store data locally, and Microsoft responded by setting up a data center there last year. It’s odd that LinkedIn was singled out for not storing…
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