‘Right to Be Forgotten’ in Russian Data Protection Law Has Passed All Stages of Approval

On July 14, 2015, Vladimir Putin, the president of the Russian Federation, has signed the law on implementation of the “right to be forgotten” (the Law). The Law comes into force on January 1, 2016. 1. New obligations imposed on search engines on the Internet The right to be forgotten applies to the information that had been disseminated by search engine operators distributing advertisements on the Internet for attracting attention of Russian consumers in the…