Security News India Proposes Digital Data Rules with Tough Penalties and Cybersecurity Requirements

[Captain Awesome]

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https://thehackernews.com/2025/01/india-proposes-digital-data-rules-with.html?m=1

The Indian government has published a draft version of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules for public consultation.

"Data fiduciaries must provide clear and accessible information about how personal data is processed, enabling informed consent," India's Press Information Bureau (PIB) said in a statement released Sunday.

 

[nickstar1]

After the VPN ban i saw a great reduction of scammers on meta platforms this hopefully to deter more of them.

 

[Captain Awesome]

After the VPN ban i saw a great reduction of scammers on meta platforms this hopefully to deter more of them.

VPN is not ban in india.
VPNs are legal in India for now. The Indian government has not placed an outright ban on VPNs. I personally use proton vpn it's working fine.Many free vpns are blocked because of data mining and china connections.

 

[anirbandutta01]

VPN is not ban in india.
VPNs are legal in India for now. The Indian government has not placed an outright ban on VPNs. I personally use proton vpn it's working fine.Many free vpns are blocked because of data mining and china connections.

I also use Proton VPN & Windscribe. Any good paid vpn in India?

 

[Captain Awesome]

I also use Proton VPN & Windscribe. Any good paid vpn in India?

Both are equally good. For more you can use Calyx VPN

 

[brambedkar59]

Many free vpns are blocked because of data mining and china connections.

Many VPN services closed VPN servers in India because of privacy invasive laws.

India has passed a law that now demands all virtual private networks (VPN) service providers to store user data for at least five years. The national directive applies not only to VPN companies, but to cloud service providers, data centres and crypto exchanges, to collect specific, extensive customer data even if after users delete their account or cancel their subscription. Companies will have to store user names, IP addresses, usage patterns, other forms of identifiable information, and report “unauthorized access to social media accounts” as part of the directive. Those who don't comply could potentially face up to a year in prison.

Explained: What the new VPN rules means for internet users in India - Times of India

India Business News: The directive, issued by India's cyber watchdog - the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), meant to tackle cyvercrime, comes into effect

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

 

[Captain Awesome]

Many VPN services closed VPN servers in India because of privacy invasive laws.

Explained: What the new VPN rules means for internet users in India - Times of India

India Business News: The directive, issued by India's cyber watchdog - the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), meant to tackle cyvercrime, comes into effect

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Thanks for the link but TOI is not Govt of India. Source. Can you please send me the government guidelines regarding vpn ban? Give me 2024-2025 links.

 

[brambedkar59]

Thanks for the link but TOI is not Govt of India. Source. Can you please send me the government guidelines regarding vpn ban? Give me 2024-2025 links.

TOI is a national daily and reputed newspaper. CERT-IN (Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology) issued these guidelines in 2022. Google them, if you help let me know.

Edit: Clowns even removed Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 from app store.

The removal of these apps comes over two years after the government ordered VPN providers offering services in the country to collect and store details of their customers for a five-year period. In April 2022, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology's Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) said that providers would need to store names, addressees, IP addresses, and other contact details of users in India.

Google Play, App Store Reportedly Remove Multiple VPN Apps in India

Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 VPN app is no longer available to download via the Play Store or App Store in India.

www.gadgets360.com

Edit2: Quote added

 

[Captain Awesome]

TOI is a national daily and reputed newspaper. CERT-IN (Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology) issued these guidelines in 2022. Google them, if you help let me know.

But as of now no complete ban on vpns.

 

[rashmi]

Being a proud Indian, I can't help but say "India" several times a day - true patriotism!

I'll Never Do It Again

 

[Abhishek Singha]

After the VPN ban i saw a great reduction of scammers on meta platforms this hopefully to deter more of them.

Lol no. VPN isn't banned. Only few vendors aren't available in India due to govt regulation on data logging. 90% VPNs work flawlessly. So reduction of scammers claim makes no sense.

 

[SeriousHoax]

VPN is not ban in india.
VPNs are legal in India for now. The Indian government has not placed an outright ban on VPNs. I personally use proton vpn it's working fine.Many free vpns are blocked because of data mining and china connections.

Strange because I was in India from the end of October to early December and I couldn't connect to Proton VPN in multiple attempts. Neither from the hotel WiFi, nor from mobile data.

 

[nickstar1]

Lol no. VPN isn't banned. Only few vendors aren't available in India due to govt regulation on data logging. 90% VPNs work flawlessly. So reduction of scammers claim makes no sense.

Well whatever they did....... i saw a big decrease in the userbase posting phishing links in one of the Facebook groups i run not banning nearly as much. when you limit the tools they use you have a decrease.

 

[nickstar1]

Strange because I was in India from the end of October to early December and I couldn't connect to Proton VPN in multiple attempts. Neither from the hotel WiFi, nor from mobile data.

Same with another friend of mine that is from india VPN's dont connect great or work at all.

 

[rashmi]

There is no VPN ban in India. I can connect to Windscribe, HideAway, and PureVPN without problems.

 

[brambedkar59]

Strange because I was in India from the end of October to early December and I couldn't connect to Proton VPN in multiple attempts. Neither from the hotel WiFi, nor from mobile data.

That is weird, Proton VPN works fine for me.

Working: Proton, Windscribe, AVG Secure, Malwarebytes, Kaspersky (working until subscription ends, but future sales are suspended)
Not Working: Norton

Haven't tested others.

Edit: Added more info about Kaspersky

 

[Captain Awesome]

That is weird, Proton VPN works fine for me.

Working: Proton, Windscribe, AVG Secure, Malwarebytes
Not Working: Norton, Kaspersky

Haven't tested others.

Kaspersky Vpn is working for me...

 

[brambedkar59]

Kaspersky Vpn is working for me...

My bad, I will update my previous post. I saw this page and somehow, I remembered that the VPN doesn't work. I forgot the part where it said already bought subscriptions will work.

Suspended sales in India​

Kaspersky has now suspended sales of Kaspersky VPN Secure Connection in India: it will no longer be available as a standalone product, or as a component inside Kaspersky Plus, Kaspersky Premium or Kaspersky Small Office Security.

In instances where the paid version of Kaspersky VPN Secure Connection has already been activated – as a standalone product, or as a component in Kaspersky Plus, Kaspersky Premium or Kaspersky Small Office Security – it will continue to work until the end of the subscription period. Auto-renewal will continue to work as usual.

VPN unavailability in certain regions

support.kaspersky.com

 

[Captain Awesome]

If any vpn is illegally processing our data and send them to china or any other country its not okay for me. Govt of India is trying to push companies to establish their servers and service to base on India not china or usa. Because in crisis the data will be the real gem. Look at Russia Ukraine war and how EU and usa pushed Russia by frozen their assets in EU and USA. It's a fact.

 

[bazang]

Mullvad, IVPN, Froot, oVPN, Boleh, and others worked over the years. I was in Telangana/Hyderabad just months ago and oVPN and Froot work as expected.