According to the Reuters report, the company’s actual seat is in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, which employs 40 people. Taxes are also paid in Russia.
The problem now is that Russian tech companies have to forward their collected data to the authorities if necessary. A huge mountain of data could potentially end up in the hands of the Russian government. Here is a list of all the apps that use Pushwoosh’s code. These also include numerous apps from German companies. However, there is currently no immediate danger to users.
Pushwoosh has since spoken out in a blog post itself. It explains that Pushwoosh Inc. is based in the US and terminated its partnership with the Russian company named in the report in February 2022. It is also denied that data was ever handed over to government agencies.