Accusations of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) of unlawful interference in operation of the automated systems and computer networks of the Justice Ministry, the State Fiscal Service and the State Court Administration of Ukraine and the illegal sale of collected data by online service YouControl are groundless, lawyer of YouControl Danylo Hloba has said.
“The situation is absurd. In 2015, the Ukrainian president initiated the bill that was enacted into the law that the public information of open data, which is the element of all these registers and many other registers, can be freely stored, spread and purchased by any legal entity of Ukraine. It can be also freely used as part of any information products, software, including for commercial use. Our absolutely legal actions are interpreted as a crime,” he said at a press conference at Interfax-Ukraine on March 24.
Hloba also denies the involvement of the company in the unlawful sale and use of computers, mobile phones and software made by Russia, which the court ruling claims.
“We do not have any relation neither to Russia nor equipment for secret collection of information. First of all, we are the Ukrainian company and no our employee or partner is linked to Russia. No payments with this country are settled,” he said.
On March 23, the SBU raided YouControl office and apartments of top managers, employees and partners of the company. According to the company, around 100 SBU officers took part in the raids. Around 100 mobile phones and laptops were seized during the raids.
SBU reported that they revealed a commercial structure in Kyiv which unlawfully collected information that has the status of restricted access and belongs to the state and sold it.
According to the register of companies, YouControl LLC was registered in September 2014. Its charter capital is UAH 100,000. Its founder is CEO of the company Serhiy Milman.
YouControl describes itself as the information and analytical platform for business analytics, competition reconnaissance and verification of contractors. The head office is located in Kyiv.
