The government approved the procedure for direct access of the FSB to the databases of taxi aggregators

Russian Government decided provide the FSB with round-the-clock remote access to the information databases of taxi aggregators, in accordance with the established procedure. The document comes into force on September 1, 2023, President Vladimir Putin signed it on December 29, 2022. Information about the geolocation and means of payment of passengers can be transmitted only upon request, now the FSB receives direct access, explain experts.

Now the FSB will have direct access to this data through technical means. The aggregator provides a subdivision of the federal security service body with round-the-clock remote access to information systems and databases used to receive, store, process and transfer passenger taxi orders, in the manner established for organizers of the dissemination of information on the Internet.

To gain access to data from these databases, the FSB may also contact the taxi order service with a request to provide the information contained in the order registration log in electronic form. The taxi aggregator provides the requested information within 3 working days or 10 working days from the date of receipt of the request. At the same time, aggregators, in accordance with the law, do not have the right to disclose information about specific facts and the content of interaction with the FSB.

According to the current legislation, the geolocation of a taxi, means of payment for passengers and other similar information can be transferred to law enforcement and judicial authorities, but only upon request, he said in March “Izvestia” Vladislav Shurkhovetsky, lawyer of the Moscow Collegium of Borodin & Partners. Now the security agencies will have direct access to this data – with the help of connected systems of technical means to ensure the functions of operational-search activities, he explained.

Maria Fedotova