Security News > 2022 > June > ExpressVPN moves servers out of India to escape customer data retention law

Virtual private network operator ExpressVPN will pull its servers from India, citing the impossibility of complying with the nation's incoming requirement to record users' identities and activities.

ExpressVPN offers software that routes traffic through servers that load their operating systems entirely into RAM and therefore leave no trace of users' activities on persistent media.

In a blog post, ExpressVPN states its all-RAM design makes compliance with India's rules impossible because it doesn't store any logs of users' activites.

ExpressVPN offered the via UK option because it has found that offshore servers can sometimes be faster and more reliable than in-country offerings.

In response to such criticism, minster for Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that if VPN providers don't like the rules, they can leave India.

ExpressVPN has called that bluff by continuing to offer its service while attempting to put itself beyond the reach of Indian authorities - which is not what India wanted when it introduced its infosec reporting requirements.

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