SAB does not have information about possible threats of the application Yandex.Taxi – in Latvia – News

It has already been reported that the technological incident prevention agency "Cert.lv" has not yet received any information on the potential of online taxi services. "Cert.lv" Deputy Varis Teivans said in an interview with the agency LETA

At the same time, he stressed that "Cert.lv" works closely with the European and Baltic Cybersecurity Centers. As soon as more detailed information on the studies carried out by the Lithuanian National Cybersecurity Center is available, the searches will be completed, facts and evidence will be available and will also be available on Cert.lv

Teivan recalled that any application Whether for meal reservations, taxi or daily reminders should be critically and logically badessed.

The Lithuanian National Cybersecurity Center advised Monday not to install or use the taxi service "Yandex.Taxi", an online service provider. The statement issued by the Defense Center, said that the need for the application to receive information from a mobile device "may create conditions for the illegal collection and accumulation of personal data, but raises security concerns. "

Yandex.Taxi An application can help about 300 taxis in the capital of Lithuania.

Yandex.Taxi announced on Monday that he was ready for inspections by the Lithuanian authorities and stressed the respect of the rules of data protection. Yandex.Taxi said that the application is managed by the Dutch company Yandex.Taxi BV and that it complies with the universal data protection regulations of the European Union (EU).

Yandex.Taxi does not work directly with the managers, but only cooperates with taxi companies and dispatching services. 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.