{"id":29863,"date":"2020-10-09T13:39:22","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T10:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=29863"},"modified":"2025-08-27T19:19:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T16:19:23","slug":"moscow-authorities-say-data-on-remote-workers-will-be-anonymised-used-only-to-assess-passenger-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/moscow-authorities-say-data-on-remote-workers-will-be-anonymised-used-only-to-assess-passenger-traffic\/","title":{"rendered":"Moscow authorities say data on remote workers will be anonymised, used only to assess passenger traffic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">The data collected on Moscow-based employees who have shifted to remote work will be anonymised and used solely to assess passenger traffic, according to <\/span><a href=\\\"https:\/\/tass.ru\/moskva\/9671745\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener noreferrer\\\"><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">TASS<\/span><\/a><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In accordance with Mayor Sergei Sobyanin&#8217;s decree, employers must provide weekly information about remote-working employees starting from October 12.<\/p>\n<p style=\\\"margin: 12px auto 6px auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; display: block;\\\"><a style=\\\"text-decoration: underline;\\\" title=\\\"View Decree on Scribd\\\" href=\\\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/479339870\/%D0%A3%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B7#from_embed\\\"><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">Decree<\/span><\/a> by <a style=\\\"text-decoration: underline;\\\" title=\\\"View ForkLog's profile on Scribd\\\" href=\\\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/user\/456422024\/ForkLog#from_embed\\\">ForkLog<\/a> on Scribd<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\\\"lazy\\\" id=\\\"doc_37612\\\" class=\\\"scribd_iframe_embed\\\" title=\\\"Decree\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/479339870\/content?start_page=1&#038;view_mode=scroll&#038;access_key=key-pNFjiCeLB90Kkd5kM5Mh\\\" width=\\\"100%\\\" height=\\\"600\\\" frameborder=\\\"0\\\" scrolling=\\\"no\\\" data-auto-height=\\\"false\\\" data-aspect-ratio=\\\"1.414442700156986\\\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">Previously, employers were <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.sobyanin.ru\/v-zone-riska-i-o-perehode-na-udalyonnuyu-rabotu\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener noreferrer\\\">required<\/a> to transition at least 30% of their workers to remote work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">Among the data they must provide are employees&#8217; phone numbers, vehicle registration numbers, and social security cards.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cCollecting this information is not aimed at tracking the movement or the specific location of an employee,\u201d emphasized Ivanov.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">Many human rights advocates <a href=\\\"https:\/\/meduza.io\/feature\/2020\/10\/08\/sobyanin-obyazal-moskovskie-kompanii-peredavat-vlastyam-dannye-o-sotrudnikah-na-udalenke-iz-za-etogo-meriyu-nazyvayut-novoy-rossiyskoy-spetssluzhboy\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener noreferrer\\\"><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">call<\/span><\/a> the requirements illegal and say that they are fraught with abuse of power.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">Earlier, Artem Kozlyuk, head of the public organisation \u201cRoskomsvoboda,\u201d stated that the pandemic gave a boost to the development of surveillance technologies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">For a look at how governments deploy citizen-tracking tools in Russia and around the world amid the coronavirus, read ForkLog&#8217;s exclusive.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-embedded-content\\\" data-secret=\\\"TVPEIfsIaS\\\">\n<p>Security before freedom? 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