ExpressVPN Removes India 4v326c Based VPN Servers Over Government Order: 10 Points to Explain the Development

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By Jagmeet Singh | Updated: 2 June 2022 14:56 IST

ExpressVPN Removes India-Based VPN Servers Over Government Order: 10 Points to Explain the Development

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The government directed VPN providers to store and share data

Highlights

ExpressVPN announced its move on Thursday
The company has pulled its VPN servers in India
NordVPN and others also raised concerns over the government order

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Virtual private network (VPN) company ExpressVPN has removed its VPN servers in India to not comply with the government's directions on keeping data for at least five years and sharing it with authorities when requested. The move is the first by a VPN service provider to respond to the order that India's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) ed in late April and is coming into force from June 27. However, other VPN players also raised concerns over the directions shortly after their announcement.

Here are the 10 important points to explain the removal of ExpressVPN servers from India.

"With a recent data law introduced in India requiring all released on Thursday.
ExpressVPN will offer "virtual" India servers to its s to connect as a result of the update.
The virtual servers will use Indian IP addresses to provide Internet access as if they were located in India, the company said. This means that s outside India will continue to be able to access India-specific content using the VPN service.
However, the virtual VPN servers will not be located in India and will be based in Singapore and the UK. s will be able to access the virtual India servers by selecting the VPN server location 'India (via Singapore)' or 'India (via UK)'.
ExpressVPN has been operating its 'India (via UK)' server location for several years. The company also said that virtual locations are used to provide "faster, more reliable connections" to s.
s are practically not likely to get any noticeable difference in the experience.
ExpressVPN said it would never collect logs of activity and store connection logs of its s.
The government ordered VPN service providers to keep logs for at least five years and share them with authorities when required. It also directed service providers to "mandatorily enable logs" of their systems and maintain them securely for a rolling period of 180 days.
ExpressVPN and other VPN companies expressed concerns over the government order.
hinted to remove its servers from India if no other options are given.

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