Surfshark to shut down servers in India over govt’s new CERT-In rules

Days after ExpressVPN announced that it is shutting down its operations in India over the new cybersecurity-related rules, another popular virtual private network (VPN) service provider Surfshark followed suit.

Surfshark said that its servers will be shut down in India before June 27, when CERT-In’s new rules will come into effect. In a tweet, Surfshark said, “We value people’s privacy – that’s why we stand against India’s new data regulation law. We’ll shut down our physical Indian servers.”

The new virtual servers for India will be located in Singapore and London, the company said in a statement. Surfshark said that Indian users will not notice any difference in their services after the removal of Indian servers, adding,