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2023

Yandex will transfer personal data of Kazakhstanis to servers in Kazakhstan

On August 21, 2023, it became known that Yandex will ensure the storage of personal data of Internet users of Kazakhstan on servers located directly on the territory of this state.

From August 9, 2023, Astana suspended the work of the Kazakhstan domain name "Yandex" - yandex.kz. The Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan (ICRIAP) reported that this decision was made in connection with the "placement of an Internet resource on hardware and software complexes outside the territory" of the country. The department said that they turned to Yandex to receive "detailed information" about the locations of the processed data centers, measures taken to protect the personal information of citizens of Kazakhstan and "a way to interact with law enforcement and special agencies."

The heads of the ICRIAP and the Information Security Committee, which is a member of the department, held a working meeting with representatives of Yandex. Among other things, issues related to the protection of personal data of Kazakhstanis were discussed. According to the results of the negotiations, Yandex agreed to move the servers serving the yandex.kz Internet portal to Kazakhstan.

As part of the desire to strengthen partnership and national digital resources, Yandex confirmed its readiness to continue work on transferring servers serving the yandex.kz domain to the country - this has already been done for the Yandex Go service, the ICRIAP said in a statement.

The department also added that within the framework of cooperation, Yandex will ensure the transfer of the processing of personal data of Kazakhstanis to servers that are physically located in the state. The ICRIAP emphasized that in four years (by August 2023) approximately 30 thousand Internet resources were transferred to Kazakh servers.^[1]

Launch of development schools in Kazakhstan

On February 27, 2023, Yandex announced the start of enrollment in its schools in Russia, Serbia and Kazakhstan. Lectures will be held online, then the practice will begin at the company's offices in Moscow, Belgrade and Almaty. Read more here.

2017: Plan to open a sales office in Kazakhstan

The Yandex sales office will be opened in Almaty. The main tasks facing the Kazakhstan division are the deployment of the company's advertising products on the market and the support of customers and partners. No specific opening date has been announced.

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