Russia’s Transport Ministry denies changing how it handles trip data, saying a plan to share statistical information is limited to monitoring anonymized ticket-price data
Russia’s Transport Ministry has no plans to change the rules for storing and processing the data on Russians’ trips that carriers submit to the state. The outlet Verstka previously reported that the range of data collected would be expanded, citing a draft order from the ministry.
Russia's Transport Ministry maintains that it has no intention of altering the guidelines for storing and processing data on travelers' journeys submitted by transport operators to the government. Earlier reports from Verstka indicated the ministry intended to broaden the data collected, including information on actual trips taken by Russians, not just planned ones.
This draft order would also stipulate that carriers submit data on trips within half an hour of their completion, making it accessible to law enforcement and security agencies. The Transport Ministry spokesperson clarified to TASS, the state-run news agency, that the ministry is only proposing the sharing of anonymized data with Russia's state statistics agency, Rosstat, for the purpose of monitoring flight and train ticket prices. Rosstat assured that this anonymized data would be utilized exclusively for statistical analysis.
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