LinkedIn will not be in your app stores for long. Both technology giants, Apple and Google have agreed that LinkedIn will be removed from both the iOS and Android app stores in Russia, the New York Times reports. Last year in November, the service was deemed to be a violation of Russian law which requires all data collected on Russian citizens to be stored inside of Russian borders. Many agree that moving data within Russian borders is to be viewed as the beginning of more aggressive surveillance measures. As such, many web companies have indicated that they will not be willing to relocate their data centres just to comply with the law.

Apple was also criticised just recently for removing the New York Times app in Hina when it faced similar pressure. Although Russia's data localization measures are considered to be quite aggressive, it's not the only country to use such measures. The Information Technology Industry Council counts a total of 13 countries with similar measures. The US has similar policies actually, requiring the Department of Defense's partners to store the division's data inside of U.S. borders.