Tax authorities given limited access to individual bank account updatesGovernment officials have reconciled a proposal at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev last week to give the tax authorities access to individual bank account numbers but not to all transaction details.14:19 22.03.2013
Microsoft discloses law enforcement requests for user dataUS tech giant Microsoft disclosed Thursday that it and its main video chat service Skype received more than 75,000 requests last year from government law enforcement agencies in the United States and four other countries to provide customer user data.09:03 22.03.2013
Sberbank cleared of privacy violation chargesThe 13th Commercial Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court's ruling on a 20,000 rubles ($650) fine the consumer rights authority imposed on state-controlled Sberbank for violating bank privacy regulations.15:41 18.03.2013
Google to be probed over alleged privacy breachThe Federal Antimonopoly Service will hold an inspection to determine if Google observes fair competition law and correspondence privacy, the Kommersant daily reported on Tuesday.18:21 12.03.2013
Pope Benedict XVI pardons former butler who stole his documentsPope Benedict XVI has pardoned his former butler Paolo Gabriele, sentenced by a Vatican court to 1.5 years for stealing documents from the Pope's apartments.10:28 24.12.2012
Facebook to pay users $10 each, charity nothingFacebook has proposed revised settlement terms in the lawsuit over personal data use in Sponsored Stories advertising and has offered a total of $10 million in damages to the injured parties, according to documents filed by Facebook with the US District Court in San Francisco.11:55 09.10.2012
Former papal butler receives 18-month prison sentenceA Vatican court has sentenced Pope Benedict XVI's former butler Paolo Gabriele to 18 months in prison for stealing documents from the Pope's apartments, the local TMNews agency reports.14:20 08.10.2012
Court fines Alfa-Bank $219 for disclosing private informationA Moscow Magistrates Court has fined Alfa-Bank $219 for disclosing personal information.11:56 15.12.2011