By now most Internet users are well aware of the fact that pretty much every step they take on the Internet is logged or monitored. To prevent their IP-addresses from being visible to the rest of the Internet, millions of people have signed up to a VPN service. Using a VPN allows users to use the Internet anonymously and prevent snooping. Unfortunately, not all VPN services are as anonymous as they claim, as several incidents have shown in the past. By popular demand we now present the fourth iteration of our VPN services “logging” review.

In addition to questions about logging practices, we also asked VPN providers about other privacy sensitive policies, so prospective users can make an informed decision. Do you keep ANY logs which would allow you to match an IP-address and a time stamp to a user of your service? If so, exactly what information do you hold and for how long? Under what jurisdiction(s) does your company operate? What tools are used to monitor and mitigate abuse of your service? Do you use any external email providers (e.g. Google Apps) or support tools ( e.g Live support, Zendesk) that hold information provided by users?

In the event you receive a DMCA takedown notice or European equivalent, how are these handled? What steps are taken when a valid court order requires your company to identify an active user of your service? Has this ever happened? Does your company have a warrant canary or a similar solution to alert customers to gag orders? Is BitTorrent and other file-sharing traffic allowed on all servers? Which payment systems do you use and how are these linked to individual user accounts? Ayn Rand Der Ursprung Pdf Converter.