A recent investigation by ad analysis firm Adalytics found almost 700 instances of Google sharing sensitive user data with RuTarget, a company currently under US sanctions. RuTarget is owned by Sberbank, and both companies are under US sanctions since February 24. That means no US companies are allowed to have any business transactions with them. Despite this, Adalytics found that RuTarget was able to access information such as mobile phone IDs, IP addresses, location information, and details about users’ interests and online activity as late as June 23, 2022, almost four months after the initial bans were initiated.
