"Yandex.Taxi" is ready for inspections by Lithuanian authorities – the world

Yandex.Taxi BV "treats and stores consumer data strictly in accordance with EU regulations, in particular the universal regulation on the protection of consumer data

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" " Yandex.Taxi BV "processes and stores consumer data in strict compliance with European regulations, in particular the Universal Regulation on Consumer Data Protection," said Adams Sargsyan, Director of Global Strategy at Yandex.Taxi [19659007TheLithuaniannationalcybersecuritycenteradvisedMondaynottoinstallanduseanoperatorofonlinetaxiservice"YandexTaxi"

The Lithuanian national cybersecurity center has already been reported Monday The statement of the Ministry of Defense Center says that the need for the application to receive information from a mobile device "can create cond for the illegal collection and accumulation of personal data, but this raises concerns ". with security. "

" At this moment, the National Cybersecurity Center is developing a comprehensive security badysis of the Yandex.Taxi application. "It is particularly important that this application is not used by officials and officials, employees of the Ministry of Defense," said the National Cybersecurity Center, which depends on the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense.

Lithuania The Ministry of Defense points out that the application Yandex.Taxi requires access to a large amount of confidential information and permission to use the features of the machine, such as the ability to activate the camera or microphone to manage wireless network access. The terms of use also state that this data may be transferred to public bodies, regulatory authorities, courts and other third parties.

Report of Lithuanian Intelligence Agencies on Threats to National Authorities. "Russian special services have powers and technical capabilities to access data of Russian and foreign citizens using Russian electronic communication platforms."

The threat badessment indicates that "the threat of leakage of personal data The service is available to Lithuanian citizens using Russian social networks, email services such as Odnoklbadniki, Mail.ru, Yandex and others

Yandex.Taxi began to operate in Vilnius on Thursday, with a request for badistance in the Lithuanian capital can call about 300 taxis

It has already been reported that in May, the mayor from Vilnius Remigijus Šimašus is addressed to the Lithuanian Department of National Security to inquire whether the operation of Yandex.Taxi in Lithuania would not conflict with the interests of national security.Before that, the Lithuanian public television reported that Yandex, the parent company of Yandex.Taxi, acknowledged that seven years ago, he had transmitted information about opposition supporters to the Russian intelligence services. "Advertising is in accordance with the law and does not mislead consumers.

"Yandex.Taxi" does not work directly with drivers, but only cooperates with taxi companies and shipping companies. Call a taxi on iOS and Android mobile apps. The service automatically detects the location of the user and sends the request to the nearest driver.

Yandex.Taxi announced his intention to enter the Baltic markets in 2016. Since March this year, Yandex.Taxi has been operating in Riga and since May in Tallinn.

Yandex.Taxi also provides taxi services in Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.