Two years ago, LinkedIn was forced to leave Russia due to a new law that required all companies to provide services in the country, they had an obligation to store user data locally. Microsoft, owner of LinkedIn, did not want to go through the hoop, and left the country.
Since that date, Apple has been storing some user data on servers located in Russia, such as name, address, email and phone number. However, it seems that soon will increase the number of data stored locally, in order to comply with that law that can force you to leave the country.
A little over a year ago, Apple announced that in compliance with Chinese laws, it was forced to host all the data of the country's users locally, which it opened the door for the authorities to access at any time. Last October, Tim Cook stated that he had to comply with local regulations, but that users should not be afraid that third parties may have the opportunity to access their data, due to the encryption technology that Apple uses.
We have servers located in many countries of the world. It is not easy to get data from one country to another. The key question is how does the encryption process work and who owns the keys? In most cases, you and the recipient own the keys.
In most cases... That is, in some countries where freedoms are conspicuous by their absence, such as China, most likely or almost certainly, the government of the country can make and break access to the data of Apple users in the country .
