New VPN Norms – Government’s Take On Privacy

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What Is A VPN?

• A virtual private network (VPN) is a technology
  that allows you to connect securely to private
  networks over public networks.
• VPNs allow secure connections to private networks
  over public networks by creating an encrypted
  connection between your computer and a server.
• It can be used to access blocked websites, secure
  remote work and browse anonymously.

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What are the new VPN Norms?

• The key takeaways from the new VPN rules are
• According to the new law, all VPNs must gather
  and store user data (user names, physical
  address, email address, and phone numbers) for
  five or more years.
• VPN companies also have to keep a log of the
  reason behind using the service.
• VPNs should record all the IP addresses used by
  users to register. Along with VPN services,
  virtual service network providers, data centers,
  and cloud service providers have also been
  requested to keep track and store similar user
  data.
• VPN services must report cybersecurity incidents
  to CERT within six hours of becoming aware of
  them.

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What Is the Governments Take On These New VPN
Norms?

• The government's main goal with the new VPN rules
  is to improve cyber security and provide a safe
  internet.
• The CERT identified gaps in safeguarding against
  online threats and published the new norms to
  prevent cyber attacks.

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How The New VPN Norms Impact Users Companies

• The new VPN norms are causing backlash from VPN
  companies as they increase costs, affect user
  privacy, and force the companies to store
  customer data. This may also require users to go
  through a KYC process and potentially expose
  their private data to the government.
• The Internet Freedom Foundation has raised
  concerns about the right to privacy and the
  government having more data than necessary.
• Some VPN companies like NordVPN, ProtonVPN,
  SurfShark, and ExpressVPN have said they are
  planning not to follow the newly imposed rules
  and continue to offer their no-logs policy to
  users and may even pull back their service from
  India.

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Bottom Line

• Despite all the backlashes from cybersecurity
  experts, stakeholder companies, and business
  advisory groups, the Indian government is pretty
  much firm on their new VPN norms.
• Some experts have sought public consultation and
  more tech industry involvement to find a solution
  that suits everyone. It remains to be seen if VPN
  companies will implement the new norms before the
  deadline of September 25, 2022.

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