After India, the US lawmakers have now asked the Lina Khan-led Federal Trade Commission (FTC<\/a>) to address abusive and deceptive data practices by hundreds of companies providing Virtual Private Network<\/a> (VPN<\/a>) services for individuals. 印度后,美国立法者已经问莉娜Khan-led联邦贸易委员会(联邦贸易委员会)解决虐待和欺骗性的数百家企业提供实践的数据虚拟私人网络(VPN对个人)服务。
A VPN is an online service that purports to give users more security when connecting to the Internet<\/a>.
However, said the lawmakers, the consumer VPN industry is rife with deceptive advertising and abusive data practices.
The letter by Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) describe several abusive practices in the consumer VPN industry, including promoting false and misleading claims about their services, selling user data and providing user activity logs to law enforcement, despite promises of 'total anonymity,' and a lack of oversight of the industry in general.
\"We urge you to use your authority to take enforcement actions against the problematic actors in the consumer VPN industry, focusing particularly on those that engage in deceptive advertising and data collection practices,\" they said.
The VPN industry is extremely opaque, and many VPN providers exploit, mislead, and take advantage of unwitting consumers, the lawmakers added.
In India, a directive from the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In<\/a>) has also sought additional compliance requirements for all VPN providers whose users are in the country.
The new rules, to be effective from September 25, require VPN service providers along with data centres and cloud service providers, to store information such as names, email IDs, contact numbers, and IP addresses (among other things) of their customers for a period of five years.
Leading VPN service providers NordVPN<\/a>, Surfshark<\/a> and ExpressVPN<\/a> have removed their servers from India over the new directions.
The US lawmakers said it is extremely difficult for someone to decipher which VPN service to trust, especially for those in crisis situations.
\"There are hundreds, if not thousands, of VPN services available to download, yet there is a lack of practical tools or independent research to audit VPN providers' security claims,\" the letter read.
Many popular VPN services also spread inaccurate information on their websites.
In December 2021, Consumer Reports (CR) found that 75 per cent of leading VPN providers misrepresented their products and technology or made hyperbolic claims about the protection they provide users on their websites, such as advertising a 'military-grade encryption' which doesn't exist.
Advocacy groups have also found that leading VPN services intentionally misrepresent the functionality of their product and fail to provide adequate security to their users.
\"VPN services have also been exposed for collecting, and, in some cases, abusing, user data. In 2020 it was revealed that a leading analytics firm used personal data from over 35 million people who had downloaded one of their 20 VPN and ad-blocking apps to power their analytics platform without consent,\" the letter said.<\/p><\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":92951911,"title":"Trai forms study centre to boost research activities","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/telecom-regulator-forms-study-centre-to-boost-research-activities\/92951911","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":"telecomnews"}],"related_content":[{"msid":"92950457","title":"vpn","entity_type":"IMAGES","seopath":"tech\/technology\/after-india-us-aims-to-crackdown-on-vpn-service-providers\/vpn","category_name":"After India, US aims to crackdown on VPN service providers","synopsis":"Representative image (iStock)","thumb":"https:\/\/etimg.etb2bimg.com\/thumb\/img-size-42370\/92950457.cms?width=150&height=112","link":"\/image\/tech\/technology\/after-india-us-aims-to-crackdown-on-vpn-service-providers\/vpn\/92950457"}],"msid":92952166,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"After India, US aims to crackdown on VPN service providers","synopsis":"The VPN industry is extremely opaque, and many VPN providers exploit, mislead, and take advantage of unwitting consumers, the lawmakers said.","titleseo":"telecomnews\/after-india-us-aims-to-crackdown-on-vpn-service-providers","status":"ACTIVE","authors":[],"analytics":{"comments":0,"views":321,"shares":0,"engagementtimems":1383000},"Alttitle":{"minfo":""},"artag":"IANS","artdate":"2022-07-18 13:46:40","lastupd":"2022-07-18 13:49:23","breadcrumbTags":["vpn","safe browsing","ftc","CERT-In","internet","Virtual Private Network","nordvpn","surfshark","expressvpn","us vpn crackdown"],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"telecomnews\/after-india-us-aims-to-crackdown-on-vpn-service-providers"}}" data-authors="[" "]" data-category-name="" data-category_id="" data-date="2022-07-18" data-index="article_1">
VPN是一个在线服务,声称当连接给用户更多的安全互联网。
然而,议员们说,消费者VPN行业充满欺骗性广告和滥用数据实践。
安娜·g·一休的信(加利福尼亚州)和罗恩(d)描述几个消费者VPN行业滥用行为,包括促进虚假和误导性广告对他们的服务,出售用户数据和提供用户活动日志来执法,尽管他们承诺“素不相识,”和缺乏监管的行业。
VPN行业非常不透明,很多VPN提供商利用,误导,并利用不知情的消费者,议员们补充道。
在印度,印度的计算机紧急响应小组(、)也寻求额外的合规要求所有VPN提供商的用户。
新规则,从9月25日是有效的,需要VPN服务提供者以及数据中心和云服务提供商,存储信息,如名称、电子邮件id、联系号码,和他们的IP地址(在其他事物之中)客户一段五年。
领先的VPN服务提供商NordVPN,Surfshark和ExpressVPN已经删除了他们的服务器从印度的新方向。
美国国会议员表示,它是极其困难的人破译的VPN服务信任,尤其是对于那些在危机情况下。
“有数百个,VPN服务可用的下载,但缺乏实用工具或独立研究审计VPN提供商的安全,”信上写道。
许多流行的VPN服务也不准确的信息在他们的网站上传播。
2021年12月,《消费者报告》(CR)发现,75%的领导VPN提供商歪曲他们的产品和技术或双曲线关于他们所提供的保护用户在他们的网站上,比如广告一个根本不存在的“军用级加密”。
倡导组织还发现,领先的VPN服务故意歪曲他们的产品的功能和用户无法提供足够的安全。
“VPN服务也被暴露的收集,而且,在某些情况下,滥用,用户数据。在2020年,它被显示,主要分析公司使用个人数据从3500万人下载他们的20个VPN和权力进行应用分析平台没有同意,”信中说。
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After India, the US lawmakers have now asked the Lina Khan-led Federal Trade Commission (FTC<\/a>) to address abusive and deceptive data practices by hundreds of companies providing Virtual Private Network<\/a> (VPN<\/a>) services for individuals.
A VPN is an online service that purports to give users more security when connecting to the Internet<\/a>.
However, said the lawmakers, the consumer VPN industry is rife with deceptive advertising and abusive data practices.
The letter by Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) describe several abusive practices in the consumer VPN industry, including promoting false and misleading claims about their services, selling user data and providing user activity logs to law enforcement, despite promises of 'total anonymity,' and a lack of oversight of the industry in general.
\"We urge you to use your authority to take enforcement actions against the problematic actors in the consumer VPN industry, focusing particularly on those that engage in deceptive advertising and data collection practices,\" they said.
The VPN industry is extremely opaque, and many VPN providers exploit, mislead, and take advantage of unwitting consumers, the lawmakers added.
In India, a directive from the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In<\/a>) has also sought additional compliance requirements for all VPN providers whose users are in the country.
The new rules, to be effective from September 25, require VPN service providers along with data centres and cloud service providers, to store information such as names, email IDs, contact numbers, and IP addresses (among other things) of their customers for a period of five years.
Leading VPN service providers NordVPN<\/a>, Surfshark<\/a> and ExpressVPN<\/a> have removed their servers from India over the new directions.
The US lawmakers said it is extremely difficult for someone to decipher which VPN service to trust, especially for those in crisis situations.
\"There are hundreds, if not thousands, of VPN services available to download, yet there is a lack of practical tools or independent research to audit VPN providers' security claims,\" the letter read.
Many popular VPN services also spread inaccurate information on their websites.
In December 2021, Consumer Reports (CR) found that 75 per cent of leading VPN providers misrepresented their products and technology or made hyperbolic claims about the protection they provide users on their websites, such as advertising a 'military-grade encryption' which doesn't exist.
Advocacy groups have also found that leading VPN services intentionally misrepresent the functionality of their product and fail to provide adequate security to their users.
\"VPN services have also been exposed for collecting, and, in some cases, abusing, user data. In 2020 it was revealed that a leading analytics firm used personal data from over 35 million people who had downloaded one of their 20 VPN and ad-blocking apps to power their analytics platform without consent,\" the letter said.<\/p><\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":92951911,"title":"Trai forms study centre to boost research activities","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/telecom-regulator-forms-study-centre-to-boost-research-activities\/92951911","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":"telecomnews"}],"related_content":[{"msid":"92950457","title":"vpn","entity_type":"IMAGES","seopath":"tech\/technology\/after-india-us-aims-to-crackdown-on-vpn-service-providers\/vpn","category_name":"After India, US aims to crackdown on VPN service providers","synopsis":"Representative image (iStock)","thumb":"https:\/\/etimg.etb2bimg.com\/thumb\/img-size-42370\/92950457.cms?width=150&height=112","link":"\/image\/tech\/technology\/after-india-us-aims-to-crackdown-on-vpn-service-providers\/vpn\/92950457"}],"msid":92952166,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"After India, US aims to crackdown on VPN service providers","synopsis":"The VPN industry is extremely opaque, and many VPN providers exploit, mislead, and take advantage of unwitting consumers, the lawmakers said.","titleseo":"telecomnews\/after-india-us-aims-to-crackdown-on-vpn-service-providers","status":"ACTIVE","authors":[],"analytics":{"comments":0,"views":321,"shares":0,"engagementtimems":1383000},"Alttitle":{"minfo":""},"artag":"IANS","artdate":"2022-07-18 13:46:40","lastupd":"2022-07-18 13:49:23","breadcrumbTags":["vpn","safe browsing","ftc","CERT-In","internet","Virtual Private Network","nordvpn","surfshark","expressvpn","us vpn crackdown"],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"telecomnews\/after-india-us-aims-to-crackdown-on-vpn-service-providers"}}" data-news_link="//www.iser-br.com/news/after-india-us-aims-to-crackdown-on-vpn-service-providers/92952166">
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