there is no ban on them the government has introduced some restrictions for users and more compliance rules for vpn companies this as per the government has been done to fight cybercrime and in the interest of national security how will the new rules affect vpn users in indiawith the new rules vpn users in india may face strict knowyourcustomer kyc verification process when signing up for a vpn service this may include stating their reasons for using it internet freedom activist claim that this will potentially lead to users privacy data exposed to the government does this mean that these vpn service providers will not serve users in indiathere is no clarity on this yet none of these companies have so far said said anything on this clearly expressvpn said that its users will still be able to use the service to connect to servers that will give them indian ip addresses and allow them to access the internet as if they were located in india it said these virtual india servers would be physically located in singapore and the ukwhat is government saying on vpn companies removing severs from indiadespite industry pressure the governmernt stand on the issue so far is firm mos electronics and information technology rajeev chandrasekhar has said that vpn companies who do not adhere to the cybersecurity guidelines are free to leave india if they do not comply with the rules if you dont have the logs start maintaining the logs if you are a vpn that wants to hide and be anonymous about those who use vpns to do business in india and do not want to go by these rules then frankly pull out of india that is the only opportunity you have chandrasekhar saidgovernment is seeking global action against vpns among other tools to curb cybercrimeindia is reportedly seeking global action to counter the use of technologies including virtual private networks vpns endtoend encrypted messaging services and blockchainbased technologies such as cryptocurrency by terrorists in suggestions to members of an ad hoc committee of the united nations debating a comprehensive international convention on countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes indian officials said the anonymity scale speed and scope offered to terrorists and the increasing the possibility of their remaining untraceable to law enforcement agencies by using these technologies remains one of the major challenges before the worldwhich countries have banned vpnscurrently while some governments have regulated vpns others have outright ban on them the countries where vpn is banned include china belarus iraq north korea oman russia and the uae other countries have internet censorship laws which make using a vpn riskywhat about europe uk and the usthere are no british laws that prevent people in the country from using a vpn however the countrys investigatory powers act 2016 gives power to uk intelligence agencies to carry out the bulk collection of communication data there are similarly no restrictions on vpns in eu and usa