According to the similar web service, the monthly audience of SpeedTest in the world is 105.2 million users. The service is the most popular in its industry, with Russia in third place in terms of number of users and revenue.

Why is SpeedTest at risk?

• According to the source, the matter is in local legislation, and especially in the law “On personal data”, which is called “landing” – the opening of an office in Russia and the transfer of storage of personal data. The number of Russians in the country.
• If the company fails to verify the fact of localization in Russia, it faces a fine of up to 6 million rubles and further blocking.
• At this time, the controlling body Roskomnadzor sent a request to Ookla to confirm the position.

Russian regulators fear that data collected by the service could be used against citizens – spammers, scammers, blackmailers and foreign intelligence services. SpeedTest connects to the nearest mobile operator’s network or Wi-Fi and measures download and upload speeds over its network and sends test data packets. In this case, the application processes data about the location of Russian users, their IP addresses, the speed of the Internet connection, and then the information is sent to servers in Germany, which is against the law “About personal data”.