DMCA-Ignored Romania VPS with No KYC

KYC data held by a hosting provider is a legal liability for the customer, not just a privacy inconvenience. Here is what KYC enables that no-KYC prevents:

• Subpoena compliance: If a hosting provider holds your name, address, and credit card number, a US court can subpoena that data even if your server is outside the US - because the provider itself may be subject to US jurisdiction. With no KYC, there is nothing to subpoena: the provider genuinely does not know who you are.
• DMCA 512(h) identification subpoenas: US law allows copyright holders to subpoena hosting providers for the identity of alleged infringers. If the provider holds no identity data, the subpoena returns nothing. This makes Romania + no KYC more protective than a KYC-requiring Romanian provider.
• Data breach exposure: KYC databases are breach targets. If a hosting provider stores ID documents and they are breached, your real identity is exposed. No-KYC means no document in the database to breach.
• Account linking: Card payment + real name creates a link between your hosting account and your financial identity. Crypto + no KYC breaks this link.

The entire signup and provisioning flow requires exactly two data points from you: an email address and a crypto payment. Here is the full process:

1. Email: Any provider works. We recommend ProtonMail, Tutanota, or SimpleLogin for privacy. We do not verify the email - we send login credentials and invoices to it. If you lose access to the email, you can only recover via ticket (using your server IP as identity proof).
2. Plan selection: Choose Romania VPS tier (I-IV), OS, and billing cycle (monthly or annual). Annual plans receive a discount.
3. Crypto payment: Bitcoin, Monero, or USDT. Invoice valid for 60 minutes. No name, no card, no bank.
4. Provisioning: Automatic after payment confirmation. OS installed from template, SSH key set, IP assigned. Email sent with credentials.
5. Panel access: Customer dashboard at anubizhost.com - accessible with email + password you set at signup. No 2FA requirement (though you can enable TOTP from panel settings).

Total data we hold about you: email address (potentially pseudonymous), IP addresses of your logins to our panel (see privacy policy for retention), payment transaction hash (public on-chain). No name. No ID. No phone.

Romania has emerged as one of Europe's top offshore hosting jurisdictions: EU member benefits, no DMCA equivalent, strong privacy tradition, low electricity costs, and excellent peering to both EU and CIS markets.

The combination of Romanian hosting jurisdiction and no-KYC signup creates two independent layers of protection:

• Layer 1 - Hosting jurisdiction: Even if your identity were known, a takedown in Romania requires a Romanian court order following EU due process. Foreign copyright complaints are not actionable without this step.
• Layer 2 - No identity record: We do not have your identity on file. A court order demanding we reveal your identity would return nothing, because there is nothing to return. We cannot produce what we do not hold.

These two layers are independent and additive. For operators running content that attracts DMCA-style enforcement pressure, having both layers is significantly more protective than either alone.

No-KYC hosting does not mean no rules. The distinction is between operational privacy (who operates the server) and content policy (what the server hosts). Our content policy applies regardless of whether we know your identity:

• Fully supported anonymously: Adult content, file sharing, privacy tools, IPTV, blogs, forums, VPN services, scrapers, any content that is legal under Romanian law but attracts DMCA pressure.
• Supported anonymously but with operational limits: Large-scale email sending (we limit SMTP port 25 by default to prevent spam; open a ticket to discuss if you have a legitimate email use case), public Tor exit nodes (technically supported, but you should understand the operational implications before running one).
• Not supported, regardless of anonymity: CSAM, terrorism content, direct threats of violence. Anonymity does not extend to universal red-lines. We report CSAM to NCMEC regardless of whether we know the operator's identity.

Many hosting providers market themselves as 'no KYC' or 'anonymous' but collect identifying information via payment or registration that undermines the claim. Common patterns to watch for:

• Credit card 'no KYC': Any provider accepting card payments has your card number, which is linked to your bank identity. 'No KYC' with card payment is marketing, not privacy.
• PayPal 'anonymous': PayPal is KYC-compliant and shares customer data with law enforcement on request. Using PayPal does not anonymize you.
• Crypto-accepted but card-primary: Some providers add crypto as a payment method but do not actually reduce their data collection for crypto customers. Check whether they still require name/address at registration.
• US/EU-jurisdiction 'offshore': A company incorporated in Delaware but hosting in Netherlands is still US-jurisdiction for legal purposes - US subpoenas apply to the company regardless of server location.

We are a company registered outside the US. Our servers are in Romania. Our payment system is crypto-only (no card processor). We do not collect name, phone, or address. This is operationally no-KYC, not just a label.