Apple fined for the first time in Russia for not deleting information – Kommersant

Timur Vakhrameev, the justice of the peace of the Moscow Tagansky district court, fined the American corporation Apple for not deleting podcasts from the Apple Podcasts application by 400 thousand rubles. This is the first fine for the company for not deleting information in the Russian Federation.

Apple Distribution International LTD found guilty of an administrative offense under Part 2 of Art. 13.41 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (failure to delete information prohibited under Russian laws). As transmits Interfaxduring the hearings, they said that the violation was related to podcasts with “false information about a special military operation” and information “aimed at involving minors in illegal activities in order to destabilize the political situation in the Russian Federation.”

The imposed punishment is below the lower limit. For legal entities, fines under Part 2 of Art. 13.41 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation range from 800 thousand rubles. up to 4 million rubles The judge explained that he took into account the arguments presented at the meeting, but did not see the insignificance of the offenses.

Apple’s defense requested that the meeting be held behind closed doors to prevent the spread of trade secrets. The court partially satisfied this requirement, removing all but the company’s defenders before the announcement of the decision.

Leonid Uvarchev