Surfshark Shuts Down VPN Servers In India After ExpressVPN. This is in response to the Government's Order

 


Surfshark, a virtual private network (VPN), provider in India, announced Tuesday that it will shut down its servers due to the government's directive requiring VPN service providers to keep logs for 180 days and to collect customer data for five years. According to the company, which is based in the Netherlands, it operates under a strict "no logs" policy. Therefore, the new government requirements are against its "core philosophy." ExpressVPN pulled all its VPN servers from the country last week in response to the government order.

Surfshark stated that India's physical servers would be closed before the new law takes effect. Instead of deploying physical servers in India, the company will introduce virtual Indian servers. These servers will be located in Singapore or London. Virtual servers will be provided with the same functionality but not be physically located in India.

Surfshark's move is similar to ExpressVPN, which last week removed VPN servers from India and began offering virtual Indian servers.

"Virtual servers function in the same way as physical servers, but they are not physically located in the country where they are being used," Surfshark stated that they still offer the same functionality.

It also stated that users in India who don't use Indian servers will not notice any difference. Cutting Edge Tech

Surfshark is an online privacy tool. Surfshark's infrastructure has been set up in a manner that protects our users' privacy. We will not compromise our values or technical base," Gytis Malinauskas (Head of Legal at Surfshark), stated in a prepared statement.

Surfshark stated that it will continue to monitor the government's efforts to restrict Internet freedom and encourage discussion to convince the government to listen to the arguments of the tech sector."

The company stated that VPN service providers leaving the country were bad for the IT industry.

Surfshark cited its internal data and stated that 14.9 billion accounts were leaked online since 2004 -- 254.9 million of these accounts are from India.

"Taking such drastic action that impacts the privacy rights of millions of Indian citizens will be very counterproductive and severely damage the sector's potential growth." The company stated that collecting too much data in India without strong protection mechanisms could result in even more data breaches across the country.

India's Computer Emergency Response Team, CERT-In, passed an order requiring VPN service providers to keep a log of users for at most five years. They must also share these logs with authorities as required. It will be in effect from June 27,

Numerous VPN service providers voiced their disapproval shortly after the order was made public by the government. NordVPN parent Nord Security was one of the first to suggest that it would remove its servers from the country if there are no other options.

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