Legal Status of the Technology
VPN technology was originally designed to protect corporate data and encrypt communication channels. No legal provision punishes a citizen for the mere fact of encrypting their own internet traffic.
What You Need to Know
- The law prohibits operators from providing access to blocked registry sites, but it does not ban citizens from accessing the internet
- Liability only applies to committing illegal acts within the network, not to the fact of connecting to a tunnel
- Fines apply only to advertising circumvention tools and services that fail to comply with regulatory requirements