# Russia Places Apple on State Surveillance Registry

- Source: MacRumors
- Published: 2026-10-30T14:58:16+00:00
- Category: Tech
- Original: https://www.macrumors.com/2026/10/30/apple-russian-state-surveillance-registry/
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/russia-places-apple-on-state-surveillance-registry-ecc1d0/

Apple faces Russian data retention and disclosure requirements after being added to the country's state surveillance registry, Bloomberg reports. Russia's communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, listed Apple and Microsoft on October 2 as "organizers of information dissemination," a classification that carries obligations to preserve communications and make data available to Russian security agenci

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