One of the main motives why Atlas VPN came into the market was to provide all users, irrespective of their budget or tech-savviness, with the possibility to browse the web more anonymously. Therefore, in light of India's upcoming data collection directive, the way we can continue to do so is by removing our India-based infrastructure. While countries' laws and legislations change, our priority to safeguard user privacy remains. Why we chose to remove our servers in India Continuing to maintain our servers in India would mean we have to comply with the law putting our user's anonymity at risk, and we refuse to do that.Īs for users in India, they can continue using our services without the fear of being monitored, by connecting to servers outside of their country. Consequently, Atlas VPN will remove all of its India-based servers as of June 27. This new rule directly hinders the privacy of our users, which is one of the primary reasons people choose to use a VPN. The new law will affect companies with physical infrastructure in India and is set to come into effect on June 27, 2022. India's Computer Emergency Response Team has initiated a new law for data-handling companies, including virtual private networks, which says that businesses must collect and store client data for up to five years and disclose it to the government upon request.
