Indonesia has become the home of a myriad of tech and e-commerce enterprises. With more than 190 million netizens it is one of the biggest digital nodes in the Asia Pacific region along with China and India. Though tech companies continue to set up data centers and grow their digital presence in the country, Indonesia has yet to join the list of states from Brazil to China and India that have built a legal framework for protecting personal data. Designed on the example of the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), such data protection rules are aimed to protect citizens from privacy and data breaches. What the Regulation Is About While a data protection law may not be issued, there is a set of regulations that touch upon data protection issues. These issues are subject to government intervention in order to protect citizens and maintain discipline on the web.

Lately, we have been receiving requests from our users to comment on a particular recent United States congress statement. In this statement, two Democrats of the US congress (senator Ron Wyden and representative Anna G. Eshoo) urge action against problematic and unsafe actors in the VPN industry. They also list several arguments that, as they claim, represent “deceptive advertising and data collection practices”. As a Virtual Private Network provider that prioritizes our users’ security and privacy and takes pride in our customers’ trust, we at VPN Unlimited would very much like to comment on the specific claims listed in the statement. But first, it’s essential to take into consideration the context of this statement - the Roe v. Wade debacle. What Does Roe v. Wade Have to Do With Unsafe VPNs? The letter with the statement in question comes in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn the US's decades-long protections for abortion. According to the congresspeople, one outcome of this decision is that people in states that criminalize abortion may turn to VPNs for privacy to protect their location history, browsing data, and even period tracking apps.

VPN Unlimited regrets to announce that all servers in India will be shut down on June 22, 2022, because of the data-collection requirement of the Indian statе.  Indian authorities implement new policies to fight cybercrimes. We understand the Indian Government’s intent to provide safe and trusted internet we completely support it. But the new regulation in its current form affects not only hackers but ordinary people as well. The applicable laws essentially require internet services to collect personal data and keep activity logs of internet users.  According to The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team report, “Virtual Private Server (VPS) providers, Cloud Service providers, VPN service providers, and government organizations” shall follow the directive, called Cyber Security Directions, that requires them to store customers’ names, email addresses, IP addresses, know-your-customer records and financial transactions for a period of five years and submit them to Indian authorities on demand. 

We regret to inform you that we are removing VPN Unlimited servers in Russia and Belarus, effective immediately. We are doing this in response to the Russian Federation and Belarus' unprovoked and unjustified military aggression against Ukraine. In addition to military assaults, Ukraine is currently fending off Russia and Belarus’ constant cyberattacks and intelligence operations targeting the Ukrainian IT sector. With that in mind, we can’t consider it secure to keep our VPN servers in the aggressor states. Want to Support Ukraine? The majority of the KeepSolid team is currently located in Ukraine. If you would like to help us support our country in these trying times, please consider buying any of our products’ Lifetime subscriptions. 30% of every Lifetime purchase will be transferred to support the Ukrainian Army. 

To our Customers and Partners: You may have recently learned of a copyright lawsuit in the United States involving KeepSolid, and we wanted to provide you with an update on the status of that lawsuit. KeepSolid recently settled the lawsuit, which was filed by several Plaintiffs in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia alleging infringement of United States copyright laws. Although KeepSolid admitted to no liability, wrongdoing, or responsibility as to Plaintiffs’ claims, it nevertheless decided to settle the case in order to resolve the dispute and avoid the need for costly and time-consuming litigation. To facilitate the settlement of Plaintiffs’ claims, KeepSolid agreed to implement measures designed to prevent its subscribers from using the BitTorrent protocol from its VPN servers in the United States, and agreed to attempt to block certain websites on its servers in the United States including: The Pirate Bay, RARBG, 1337x, Popcorn Time, and YTS. This agreement pertains only to KeepSolid’s VPN servers located in the United States, and does not impact the operations of KeepSolid VPN servers located outside of the United States.

VPNs became a staple software for remote work during the COVID-19 era. This raises many interesting questions:  Are people in different parts of the world using VPNs differently? Why do people use VPNs? Who uses VPN? How old is an average VPN user? Which countries have the most VPN users? We present to you the answers to these questions, as well as some curious statistics, in this article. We believe that this information will be interesting to both a layperson browsing the web in search of fast facts and to VPN experts looking to deepen their knowledge on the subject. So, without further ado, sit back and enjoy!

A VPN (Virtual Private Network) is a popular security and anonymity solution. It masks your IP address and encrypts your data to create a secure and private internet connection. Thanks to this, a VPN grants users many benefits. For instance, it prevents unauthorized parties, such as cell phone carriers and ISPs, from spying on your online activity; it also allows you to unblock geo-blocked websites. undefined

According to the research by the Comparitech security firm, millions of users are at risk following a massive VPN data leak. It was revealed that user connection logs and account information of several free VPNs, including FreeVPN and DashVPN, had been leaked and exposed on an unprotected server. undefined