Due to a government order, NordVPN and Private Internet Access are removing physical VPN servers in India

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• Jun 15, 2022 | Sourav Boruah

Digital Desk: ExpressVPN and Surfshark previously announced
that they would be pulling servers from India. NordVPN has no plans to build
virtual servers for accessing Indian content.

"Times New Roman"">NordVPN's Head of Public Relations, Laura Tyrylyte, told
Gadgets 360 that the company opted to pull its physical servers out of India on
June 26 in order to comply with an order issued by India's Computer Emergency
Response Team (CERT-In) in late April. The official decree is scheduled to take
effect on June 28.

"Times New Roman"">Starting June 20, the Panama-based VPN service provider will
send notifications via the NordVPN app informing users "with full
detail" about the upgrade, according to a spokeswoman.

"Times New Roman"">Unlike other VPN service providers who are planning to
replace their physical servers in the country with virtual servers with Indian
IP addresses in response to the order, NordVPN said it would not build virtual
servers and would continue to use a fully dedicated infrastructure.

"Times New Roman"">"Our server architecture includes no-logging features,
which are at the heart of our values and standards. Furthermore, we are
dedicated to safeguarding our clients' privacy. As a result, we can no longer
maintain servers in India "According to the spokeswoman.

According to NordVPN, the government's directive requiring
VPN service providers, as well as data centres, virtual private server (VPS)
providers, and cloud service providers, to register and maintain accurate
information about their users for five years or longer, may have a
"possible effect" on people's data.

The move, according to the business, could
"dramatically expand" the quantity of private data maintained
"across hundreds, if not thousands, of different companies" in the
country.