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Digital companies balk at Swiss plans to tighten surveillance rules

By Júlia Tar ( September 5, 2025, 12:59 GMT | Comment) -- Switzerland wants to tighten its telecom surveillance rules by requiring larger virtual private networks and other digital services to provide user identification, six-month metadata storage, and in some cases real-time access by the end of 2026. But industry is pushing back, saying the plans would amount to a no-logs VPN ban and could even push companies to leave the country.Switzerland’s proposed overhaul of its telecom surveillance rules has ignited a battle between the government and the country’s privacy-focused tech industry....

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