India Orders VPN Companies to Collect and Hand Over User Data

It’s a policy that will likely make life more difficult for both VPN companies and VPN users there.

The directive isn’t limited to VPN providers.

Data centers and cloud service providers are both listed under the same provision.

The companies will have to keep customer information even after the customer has canceled their subscription or account.

India has a history of applying a heavy hand to online activity.

In April, Indiabanned 22 YouTube channels.

PureVPN is a no-log VPN.

“Nor does it record or store user activity.

So this presents a significant risk for our users.

More widely, this will impact the wider VPN industry,” Gadit said.

First published May 2, updated on May 5 to include comment from PureVPN CEO Uzair Gadit.