Google confirms reports of moving out its engineers in Russia

Google confirms reports of moving out its engineers in Russia. The technology giant Google said that it remains committed to the users of the country and the relocation process had been also carried out previously in many countries. However, Google refused to answer about how many engineers would be affected by this move. The Russian parliament in the month of July had passed a bill making it essential for the internet companies hold personal data of citizens in the country itself. The Russian Government considers this law as a step towards data protection. But, the critics visualize it as a mode censor internet access as the law allows the Government to block sites that do not comply with this requirement. The technology companies usually store data in huge storage facilities around the globe. There is no mutual link between the data storage location and the user location. This means that most the user’s data will not be stored in the same country.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Google will still retain some staff members in the area of sales & marketing and also support teams in the Russia office.

About Google:

Google is a U.S. headquartered, multinational corporation specializing in Internet-related services and products. These include online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, and software. Most of its profits are derived from AdWords, an online advertising service that places advertising near the list of search results.

Google was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University. Together they own about 14 percent of its shares but control 56 of the stockholder voting power through supervoting stock. They incorporated Google as a privately held company on September 4, 1998. An initial public offering followed on August 19, 2004. Its mission statement from the outset was “to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful,” and its unofficial slogan was “Don’t be evil.” In 2004, Google moved to its new headquarters in Mountain View, California, nicknamed the Googleplex. Read more on Wikipedia.

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