ExpressVPN

ExpressVPN is a company providing online privacy and security solutions, including a virtual private network (VPN) service and a password manager.

[14] In May 2020, the company released a new protocol it developed for ExpressVPN called Lightway, designed to improve connectivity speeds and reduce power consumption.

[16] On April 28, 2022, Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology issued a new directive that asked the VPN providers to collect and store user data for up to five years.

[17][18] In response to the new VPN rules that require private network providers to store user information, ExpressVPN announced it would move its India-based servers to Singapore and the UK.

[26] In May 2023, Kape Technologies was delisted from the LSE in a transaction by Unikmind Holdings Limited, a company owned by the Israeli and Cypriot businessman Teddy Sagi.

[35] ExpressVPN is incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, a country that has no data retention laws, and is a separate legal jurisdiction to the United Kingdom.

[37] In December 2021, ExpressVPN modified its product to protect against Log4Shell, updating its VPN to automatically block all outgoing traffic on ports used by LDAP.

In April 2019, ExpressVPN announced that all their VPN servers ran solely on random-access memory (RAM), without the need of hard disk drives.

Research found that the large majority of all these apps provided by third parties, including Facebook, Stripe, Inc., and Google, access to user data.

[47] Digital Security Lab also conducted a study on Generation Z’s mental health, finding that 86% of Gen Z participants perceived that social media had a direct impact on their happiness.