Users given options of servers in the UK or Singapore
British Virgin Islands-registered ExpressVPN is providing two virtual server locations to users in India via the United Kingdom and Singapore, in light of the new directives for VPNs being introduced in by the Government.
With a recent data law introduced in India requiring all VPN providers to store user information for at least five years, ExpressVPN has made “the very straightforward decision to remove our Indian-based VPN servers,” said Harold Li, vice President, ExpressVPN.
“We refuse to ever put our users’ data at risk,” he said in a release on 21 June 2022.
“It is our policy to never allow logging, and we have also specifically designed our VPN servers to not be able to log, including by running in RAM.
“Data centers are unlikely to be able to accommodate this policy and our server architecture under this new regulation, and thus there is no path forward other than to no longer have physical VPN servers in India.”
“As a company focused on protecting privacy and freedom of expression online, ExpressVPN will continue to fight to keep users connected to the open and free internet with privacy and security, no matter where they are located.
“This issue is new nor unique in the current geopolitical landscape, so we have been able to move quickly and adjust our infrastructure to maintain the integrity of our VPN services.”
With a virtual server, the registered IP address matches the country you have chosen to connect to, while the server is physically located in another country.
Virtual servers are used, where necessary, to provide faster, more reliable connections.
ExpressVPN has been operating its “India (via UK)” server location for several years. fiinews.com
