ProtonVPN joins vpn services shutting down servers in India

Proton is also removing its servers from India, after a stricter internet law was announced in the country earlier this year. Since the announcement in April, VPN services have been withdrawing en masse from India, because the providers do not want to store and share data with the local government.

Since 2017, Proton also offers a VPN service in addition to its e-mail service and has since 2018 also servers in India. Company announces indicated that the servers in India can no longer be used by ProtonVPN customers. Proton thus wants to avoid having to share customer data with the Indian government.

The new law means that internet companies in India have to comply with much stricter rules. For vpn services, this means that they have to log and store ip addresses, address details, email addresses, phone numbers and user activity in India. This goes directly against the policy of VPN services, which want to offer their customers more privacy.

Earlier, other VPN services announced their departure from India. ExpressVPN and Surfshark announced in June that they would be closing all servers in the country. NordVPN has also withdrawn. Not only VPN services have problems with the strict internet policy in India: Twitter has already started a lawsuit against the strict internet legislation.