Yandex News

Letter: Yandex’s AppMetrica works like its global peers

Your article “Yandex triggers security concerns by sending app data home to Russia” (Report, March 30) raises a number of important points around data collection and storage, and user privacy. However, I would like to more fully reflect Yandex’s position. AppMetrica is a mobile app analytics solution that helps developers improve the in-app experience. It operates in the same way as international peers such as Google Firebase, Flurry by Yahoo, Adjust and AppsFlyer. In short, AppMetrica… Source link

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Data leak from Russian delivery app shows dining habits of the secret police

A massive data leak from Russian food delivery service Yandex Food revealed the delivery addresses, phone numbers, names, and delivery instructions belonging to those associated with Russia’s secret police, according to findings from Bellingcat. Yandex Food, a subsidiary of the larger Russian internet company, Yandex, first reported the data leak on March 1st, blaming it on the “dishonest actions” of one of its employees and noting that the leak doesn’t include users’ login… Source link

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Russia’s Yandex head steps down two weeks early

(Reuters) -Elena Bunina is stepping down as chief executive of Yandex LLC, Russia’s biggest technology company, some two weeks before her tenure is due to expire on April 15, the company said on Saturday. “Elena Bunina is leaving (her) positions of CEO and HR director at Yandex LLC, it was her personal decision,” Yandex’s press service said in an email. It said Artem Savinovsky, a senior manager at the company, had been appointed acting CEO. No further details were given of reasons for the… Source link

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Yandex director general steps down two weeks early – TASS

Russian internet group Yandex Chief Executive Officer Elena Bunina attends a session of the Moscow Financial Forum in Moscow, Russia September 6, 2018. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register April 2 (Reuters) – Elena Bunina is stepping down as director general of Yandex’s principal operating subsidiary, Yandex LLC, Russia’s biggest technology company, TASS news agency said on Saturday, before her tenure is due to expire on April 15.

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bne IntelliNews – Yandex speaks out on approach to data

Russian-born tech giant Yandex has responded to allegations surrounding the security of user data. In a blog post published on Friday, the company clarified the functions of analytics tool AppMetrica, which has come under scrutiny in the past week. It also insisted that its use of data is transparent, and invited international auditors to conduct an appraisal of the… Source link

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bne IntelliNews – Yandex speaks out on approach to data

Russian-born tech giant Yandex has responded to allegations surrounding the security of user data. In a blog post published on Friday, the company clarified the functions of analytics tool AppMetrica, which has come under scrutiny in the past week. It also insisted that its use of data is transparent, and invited international auditors to conduct an appraisal of the… Source link

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