The implementation of the new version of the law on personal data may lead to interruptions in international air traffic. This is stated in the Aeroflot report for 2022.
We add that the new version of the law on personal data came into force on March 1. According to it, in case of cross-border transfer of personal data, operators who carried it out before September 1, 2022 and continued to carry it out after this date must send a notification to Roskomnadzor about such a transfer by March 1, 2023. If you intend to carry out a cross-border transfer of personal data in the future, operators must submit a notification about this before it begins. Until the expiration of 10 working days after such notice is given, it will not be possible to transfer data to countries that do not provide an adequate level of data protection.
The operator will also have to obtain from the authorities of a foreign state or persons involved in the exchange of data across the border, a number of information, for example, mail addresses, telephone numbers, before submitting a notification.
As Aeroflot notes, since the authorities of foreign states, foreign individuals and legal entities are not obliged to provide such information, the possibility of cross-border transfer of personal data by a Russian legal entity will depend on the goodwill and / or economic interest of a foreign partner in complying with the requirements of Russian legislation. At the same time, the company added, in “unfriendly” countries, “goodwill is unlikely.”
Thus, the airline may be forced to stop flights to countries that will not share the information required by Russian law.
Source: Rosbalt
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