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Ffs I was planning to switch to Mulvad since my Nord subscription is finally expiring next month, then I find this shit. I'm looking into AirVPN. They sound solid enuff.
I am in Italy, AirVPN is Italian, and every page of their site states that you cannot access their services if you're an Italian resident.
Any idea why?
Not sure if this was rhetorical but here's an earnest response
https://portolano.it/en/newsletter/portolano-cavallo-inform-digital-ip/italy-approves-new-legislation-to-enhance-the-fight-against-online-piracy
Thank you I was genuinely not aware.
That said, and please tell me if I am wrong, it is this VPNs choice to conduct things in such a way that would make them liable to have any kind of problem with the authorities since the norm asks them to report if "the providers become aware" which implies logging and analysis.
I am not sure there is any law asking them to do that, although there may well be.
Could it be that only Italians are protected by Italian privacy laws?
Any Italian who subscribes is doing so against the vpn's terms. If all data is spied upon then any Italian privacy breaches are not the fault of the vendor.
No, that is not the case as GDPR applies anywhere.