Yandex's Yango in talks with Dutch watchdog over data protection

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Yango is pictured in London, Britain, October 6, 2021. Picture taken October 6, 2021. REUTERS/John Sibley/File Photo

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Yango, the ride-hailing app owned by Russian tech group Yandex NV, said on Thursday it is in talks with the Dutch Data Protection Agency to demonstrate that it adheres to European rules on data transfer and storage.

Finnish and Norwegian regulators in August announced plans to ban Yango from transferring data to Russia over fears it could end up in the hands of security services, but later reversed that decision.