Dutch Police Seized 2 VPN Servers

Police have seized two servers of the VPN provider Perfect Privacy during an active investigation. The Dutch authorities bypassed Perfect Privacy and targeted directly the company's hosting provider, I3D. The latter had to comply with a subpoena requesting the hardware, although it is not clear the servers in question were seized.

As you know, VPN services help Internet users increase their privacy and security online. They are mostly used for legitimate purposes, but sometimes VPNs are also linked to nefarious activity, because criminals want to stay anonymous online as well. This is why VPN services are often involved in the police investigations of online crime. Perhaps, this was also a reason for the Dutch police to seize Perfect Privacy servers.

Perfect Privacy informed its clients of the seizure of two of its servers, explaining that the authorities went directly to the hosting company without contacting Perfect Privacy. In other words, the company has no further details, because the responsible law enforcement agency didn’t get in touch with Perfect Privacy. However, the VPN provider assured its clients that no personally identifiable data was stored on the seized servers, because the company maintains no-logging policy. This policy allows to assure VPN users that no data was compromised.

In the meantime, the hosting company pointed out that it handled these types of requests in compliance with the law, while keeping the interests of their clients in mind. Perfect Privacy also made temporary capacity available so the clients do not suffer extended downtime during the investigation. It also quickly put in place replacement servers.

Thanks to TorrentFreak for providing the source of the article.