14 DAY TRIAL // One of the benefits of using a VPN service to connect to the web is the enhanced privacy, as such a solution basically makes it possible to stay anonymous and without revealing any information about you or your device.
Of course, most people are looking for VPN services that don’t collect any data about their activity while connected to the servers, and in the last couple of years, more and more providers have been betting big on such capabilities.
India, however, has had enough with no-log VPNs, as the country has passed a new law that will require all providers not only to store information about their users but also to share it with the government when required.
No-log VPNs
Coming into effect on June 27, the new directive forces VPN services to store the data on their servers for no less than five years, as per Neowin. This must happen even if the user is no longer having a subscription.
The data that the government wants VPN providers to store includes personal information like the name, the email address, and the phone number (these are typically shared when setting up an account and paying for a subscription), the reason why the user started using a VPN service (also mentioned when setting up the account), the real IP address of the user and the one they received from the VPN server, and date information such as for how long they’ve been using a specific IP address.
Obviously, the days of no-log VPN services in India seem to be numbered, and the country’s authorities look to be getting the matter very seriously.
Those who do not comply with the new regulations can get up to one year in prison, so it’ll certainly be interesting how local VPN providers deal with this new policy.