Friday, July 29, 2016

The head of Roskomnadzor announced Rutracker attendance fall by 71%, and promised to check the game Pokemon Go – NEWSru.com

Attendance of the popular torrent tracker Rutracker.org, which was for life blocked Roskomnadzor in late January of this year decreased by 71%. This was announced by the head of department Alexander Zharov in the interview with “Izvestia” .

“Yes, immediately after the lock they campaigned, the aim of which was to show that RuTracker still alive. During the first week after blocking site when acted “Streisand effect”, the audience is even increased by 7%. However, in the first month after blocking their audience slipped by 48%. today, audiences losses they make up 71%. it is obvious that for the pirate life is the critical loss because they make money through advertising, “- Zharov said

this TJ draws attention to the fact that Zharov did not elaborate on what exactly indicators in question.. Thus, according to Liveinternet service, one week before the block (from 17 to 24 January) RuTracker attendance was about 1,196 million people a day. The average attendance from 21 to 28 July was 538 000 people per day. Thus, Liveinternet recorded a decline in attendance of the resource by 55%.

During the interview, the head of Roskomnadzor also talked about the implementation of the law requiring users to store personal information on servers located in Russia. In particular, the official said that the representatives of Roskomnadzor continue regular contact on this issue with major foreign Internet companies.

“With representatives of Facebook, Twitter, Google, we meet at least twice a year and discuss various aspects of the performance of the Russian legislation . of course, during our meetings we discuss and 242-FZ on personal data localization. I can say that these companies are taking practical steps to database localization in Russia. The pace of their actions have on the whole satisfied. we do not intend to act rapidly and . thoughtlessly We are well aware that the data users of social networks are millions of our citizens, “- said Zharov

Finally, the head of Roskomnadzor answer to the question about the game Pokemon Go.. He said that neither he nor his children have not yet played the game, because in Russia it is officially not out . Also Zharov said that, in his opinion, the game developers have not pursued espionage purposes.

“If we talk about Pokemon Go, it’s not the only game that uses geolocation connects to a smartphone camera, and creates the effect of augmented reality . such a hundred, but Pokemon Go games, they say, shot I do not think that the developers of this game chased some spyware targets about updating maps of the area, the database collection, etc. I think their main problem -.. make money. and as shown by the open information, the money they earn, and a lot of “, – said Zharov.

At the same time head of the department promised that Roskomnadzor definitely will check Pokemon Go for compliance with legislation, as soon as the game will be officially

“available in Russia. At a time when Russia will be open for the game Pokemon Go, we will certainly analyze the user agreement for members of the Russian Federation to make a conclusion whether to process personal data and to what extent if processed, we will contact the company -.. the owner of the game and joined with her in dialogue about execution of Russian legislation “, – said the head of Roskomnadzor

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