Protecting Sensitive Data: The Experience of Russia and the US

... present new challenges for governments. Thus, it has always been a function of the state to ensure security. But the issue of data protection is far more complicated. First, information resources include both infrastructure and content; in fact, one without ... ... is one that unexpectedly became an irritant in Russia–U.S. relations. Threat to national security stems from the fact that Facebook allowed foreign entities to gain access to sensitive information about users in the United States and finance the distribution ...