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This service reserves the right to disclose your personal information without notifying you


Service: VKontakte
Status: DECLINED
Case: Your personal data may be disclosed to comply with government requests without notice to you
Changes: 3
Source: link
Author: aleksputi (5254)


This service (just like other Russian social media websites) is closely monitored by Russian government intelligence/police. All the information about your account and your actions on the site is easily available to the government at a single request. People have been fined and even given real prison sentences because of a post/post share/like. For example, this woman almost got 6 years of prison for merely saving someone else's photo and adding a comment to it - https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2018/07/25/russian-woman-reportedly-faces-6-years-in-prison-for-insulting-memes-a62341.


Comments:
On 2020-06-08 19:12:38 UTC, Peepo (2527) Staff wrote:

changes-requested: The news site says that she is charged with extremism because posted hate speech and racist things . Since she posted on the site publicly, it doesn't necessarily mean that the government received her private information. Is there a case/news story where private messages or something similar were disclosed to the government without notification?

On 2020-12-31 04:16:43 UTC, Dr_Jeff (20149) Staff wrote:

declined: The point hasn't been changed in over two months.



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Version 1: 2020-12-31 04:16:43 UTC by Dr_Jeff (20149)

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Version 2: 2020-06-08 19:12:38 UTC by Peepo (2527)

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Version 3: 2019-11-29 09:46:53 UTC by aleksputi (5254)

Previous Title:

Updated Title: This service reserves the right to disclose your personal information without notifying you

Previous Analysis:

Updated Analysis: This service (just like other Russian social media websites) is closely monitored by Russian government intelligence/police. All the information about your account and your actions on the site is easily available to the government at a single request. People have been fined and even given real prison sentences because of a post/post share/like. For example, this woman almost got 6 years of prison for merely saving someone else's photo and adding a comment to it - https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2018/07/25/russian-woman-reportedly-faces-6-years-in-prison-for-insulting-memes-a62341.

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Updated Status: PENDING