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Surfshark shuts down servers in India in response to data law

 Much like ExpressVPN, Surfshark said it will introduce virtual Indian servers that will be physically located in the UK and Singapore, so users will still be able to access Indian websites.

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Surfshark has said it will shut down its India servers before new law comes into effect.

India's CERT-In has mandated VPN service providers to store users' data for five years.

Before Surfshark, ExpressVPN and NordVPN also quit India.

After ExpressVPN and NordVPN, another popular Virtual Private Network service provider, Surfshark, has shut down its servers in India in response to the proposed law that requires VPN service providers to store and manage their users' data. Much like ExpressVPN, Surfshark said it will introduce virtual Indian servers that will be physically located in the UK and Singapore, so users will still be able to access Indian websites.

“Surfshark proudly operates under a strict “no logs'' policy, so such new requirements go against the core ethos of the company. A VPN is an online privacy tool, and Surfshark was founded to make it as easy to use for the common users as possible. The infrastructure that Surfshark runs on has been configured in a way that respects the privacy of our users, and we will not compromise our values or our technical base”, says Gytis Malinauskas, Head of Legal at Surfshark.

The VPN service provider said that its Indian servers will be shut down before the new law comes into effect on June 27. Until that happens, users will be able to connect to Indian servers as usual. But after the Indian servers are removed, Surfshark will use virtual servers to let users connect to an Indian IP. Users in India will not notice any difference in terms of connecting to locations other than India on Surfshark.

Surfshark has become the latest leading VPN service provider to quit the business in India, after ExpressVPN and NordVPN, both of which recently announced to shut down their India servers as they denied complying with the Indian government's directive that mandates every VPN service provider to store their users' data for the first five years.

According to Surfshark, the departure of VPN services from India will only add to the cybersecurity plight. "Notably, VPN suppliers leaving India isn’t good for its burgeoning IT sector," it said. Surfshark's data shows that out of 14.9 billion accounts since 2004, the year when data breaches became widespread, 254.9 million belong to Indian users. That means 18 out of every 100 Indian users had their personal contact details breached.

Surfshark is a Netherlands-headquartered VPN service provider and, as of April 2022, had over 3,200 servers in more than 65 countries.

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