VPN provider removes Russian presence after servers seized
https://thestack.com/security/2016/07/12/vpn-provider-removes-russian-presence-after-servers-seized/
VPN provider Private Internet Access has pulled out of Russia
in the wake of new internet surveillance legislation in the
country. The company claims that some of its Russian servers
were seized by the national government as punishment for not
complying with the rules, which ask providers to log and hold
all Russian internet traffic and session data for up to a
year. 'We believe that due to the enforcement regime
surrounding this new law, some of our Russian Servers (RU)
were recently seized by Russian Authorities, without notice or
any type of due process,' wrote Private Internet Access in a
blog post. The provider assured users that as it does not log
any traffic or session data, no information was compromised -
'Our users are, and will always be, private and secure.'
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The first of many service providers who will be leaving, I suspect.
--Lauren--
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