Cloudflare’s VPN app among half-dozen pulled from Indian app stores
India pulls VPN apps including Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 due to 2022 regulations.

India recently intervened to remove more than half-a-dozen VPN apps from its Apple App Store and Google Play Store, including Cloudflare's popular 1.1.1.1. According to a document viewed by TechCrunch and information from Google to Lumen, this action was initiated by the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs.
Among the affected apps are Hide.me and PrivadoVPN, with Apple citing demands from the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Center for the removal. The government body, operating under the Ministry of Home Affairs, determined these apps were in violation of Indian laws.
This marks the first prominent execution of India's 2022 VPN regulatory framework, which requires VPN providers to store customer data for five years. Major industry players like NordVPN, ExpressVPN, and SurfShark have expressed concerns and some have stopped marketing their apps or considered withdrawing server infrastructure in India.