What your VPN knows about you

Pick a VPN to see, type by type, what its own privacy policy says it collects, how long it keeps it, who it shares it with and what it says about police requests. Red: collected. Amber: optional or limited. Green: not collected. Grey: the policy does not say, which is not the same as no.

Across all 832 VPNs

What the policies say, kind by kind. 225 of 832 services say nothing at all about any of the nine kinds of data in what we could read.

CollectedNot collectedNot statedOptional or limited / not applicable

  • Email address 50% not stated
  • IP address at sign-up 78% not stated
  • IP address you connect from 44% not stated
  • When you connect and disconnect 65% not stated
  • How much data you use 74% not stated
  • Device details 58% not stated
  • App usage analytics 56% not stated
  • Crash reports 76% not stated
  • Data shared with third parties 43% not stated

The 20 most popular VPNs

One dot per kind of data, in the order of the list above. Open a service for the wording of its policy.

  1. Email address
  2. IP address at sign-up
  3. IP address you connect from
  4. When you connect and disconnect
  5. How much data you use
  6. Device details
  7. App usage analytics
  8. Crash reports
  9. Data shared with third parties
  • VPN - Super Unlimited Proxy (VPN Super Inc / Mobile Jump) Email address: Optional or limitedIP address at sign-up: Not collectedIP address you connect from: Not collectedWhen you connect and disconnect: Not statedHow much data you use: Not statedDevice details: CollectedApp usage analytics: CollectedCrash reports: CollectedData shared with third parties: Collected Retention: as long as needed/account active; backups; no browsing data
  • Turbo VPN Email address: Optional or limitedIP address at sign-up: Not statedIP address you connect from: Not statedWhen you connect and disconnect: Not statedHow much data you use: CollectedDevice details: CollectedApp usage analytics: CollectedCrash reports: CollectedData shared with third parties: Collected Retention: as long as needed; no periods given
  • Opera VPN Email address: Not statedIP address at sign-up: Not statedIP address you connect from: Not collectedWhen you connect and disconnect: Not statedHow much data you use: Not statedDevice details: Not statedApp usage analytics: Not statedCrash reports: Not statedData shared with third parties: Not stated Retention: not stated
  • Proton VPN Email address: CollectedIP address at sign-up: Optional or limitedIP address you connect from: Not collectedWhen you connect and disconnect: Not statedHow much data you use: Not collectedDevice details: CollectedApp usage analytics: CollectedCrash reports: CollectedData shared with third parties: Optional or limited Retention: verification data temporarily; auth logs only if enabled
  • NordVPN Email address: CollectedIP address at sign-up: Not statedIP address you connect from: Not collectedWhen you connect and disconnect: CollectedHow much data you use: Not collectedDevice details: CollectedApp usage analytics: Optional or limitedCrash reports: CollectedData shared with third parties: Optional or limited Retention: session info 15 min; connectivity flag 90 days
  • Norton VPN Email address: CollectedIP address at sign-up: Not statedIP address you connect from: Not collectedWhen you connect and disconnect: CollectedHow much data you use: CollectedDevice details: CollectedApp usage analytics: CollectedCrash reports: Optional or limitedData shared with third parties: Optional or limited Retention: connection events 12 mo; bandwidth/device/analytics 18 mo; crash 90 days
  • Surfshark Email address: CollectedIP address at sign-up: Not collectedIP address you connect from: Optional or limitedWhen you connect and disconnect: Optional or limitedHow much data you use: Not collectedDevice details: CollectedApp usage analytics: CollectedCrash reports: CollectedData shared with third parties: Collected Retention: connection 15 min; account +2y after last login; support 6y; payments 10y
  • Malwarebytes Privacy VPN Email address: CollectedIP address at sign-up: Not statedIP address you connect from: Not collectedWhen you connect and disconnect: Not statedHow much data you use: CollectedDevice details: CollectedApp usage analytics: Not collectedCrash reports: Not statedData shared with third parties: Optional or limited Retention: free-tier bandwidth 30 days; otherwise as needed
  • Avast SecureLine VPN Email address: CollectedIP address at sign-up: Not statedIP address you connect from: Not collectedWhen you connect and disconnect: CollectedHow much data you use: CollectedDevice details: CollectedApp usage analytics: CollectedCrash reports: CollectedData shared with third parties: Collected Retention: connection events 12 mo; server/app data 18 mo; crash 90 days; account lifetime+2y
  • SuperVPN Fast VPN Client (SuperSoftTech) Email address: Optional or limitedIP address at sign-up: Not statedIP address you connect from: CollectedWhen you connect and disconnect: Not statedHow much data you use: Not statedDevice details: CollectedApp usage analytics: CollectedCrash reports: CollectedData shared with third parties: Optional or limited Retention: not stated
  • JumpJumpVPN Email address: Not statedIP address at sign-up: Not statedIP address you connect from: Not statedWhen you connect and disconnect: Not statedHow much data you use: Not statedDevice details: Not statedApp usage analytics: Not statedCrash reports: Not statedData shared with third parties: Not stated Retention: not stated
  • MATE VPN Email address: Optional or limitedIP address at sign-up: Not collectedIP address you connect from: Not collectedWhen you connect and disconnect: CollectedHow much data you use: CollectedDevice details: CollectedApp usage analytics: CollectedCrash reports: CollectedData shared with third parties: Collected Retention: while legitimate business need; backups longer
  • Proxy Browser (DS tools) Email address: Not statedIP address at sign-up: Not statedIP address you connect from: CollectedWhen you connect and disconnect: Not statedHow much data you use: Not statedDevice details: CollectedApp usage analytics: CollectedCrash reports: CollectedData shared with third parties: Optional or limited Retention: not stated
  • Secure Signal Inc. (Thunder VPN / Secure VPN publisher) Email address: Not collectedIP address at sign-up: Not collectedIP address you connect from: CollectedWhen you connect and disconnect: CollectedHow much data you use: Not statedDevice details: CollectedApp usage analytics: CollectedCrash reports: Optional or limitedData shared with third parties: Optional or limited Retention: As long as needed; no specific periods
  • Speedy Quark VPN Email address: Optional or limitedIP address at sign-up: Not statedIP address you connect from: Not statedWhen you connect and disconnect: Not statedHow much data you use: Not statedDevice details: CollectedApp usage analytics: CollectedCrash reports: Not statedData shared with third parties: Collected Retention: not stated
  • Super VPN Unblock Master Email address: Not statedIP address at sign-up: Not statedIP address you connect from: Not collectedWhen you connect and disconnect: CollectedHow much data you use: CollectedDevice details: Not statedApp usage analytics: Not statedCrash reports: Not statedData shared with third parties: Not stated Retention: not stated
  • Turbo VPN Lite Email address: Not statedIP address at sign-up: Not statedIP address you connect from: Not statedWhen you connect and disconnect: Not statedHow much data you use: Not statedDevice details: CollectedApp usage analytics: CollectedCrash reports: Not statedData shared with third parties: Optional or limited Retention: deletion can be requested (Play)
  • VPN Master - Super Vpn Proxy (SECUREGUARD GROUP) Email address: CollectedIP address at sign-up: Not statedIP address you connect from: Not statedWhen you connect and disconnect: Not statedHow much data you use: Not statedDevice details: CollectedApp usage analytics: CollectedCrash reports: CollectedData shared with third parties: Collected Retention: as long as necessary; no periods
  • VPN Proxy Master - Safer Vpn (SecureGuard) Email address: CollectedIP address at sign-up: Not statedIP address you connect from: Not statedWhen you connect and disconnect: Not statedHow much data you use: Not statedDevice details: CollectedApp usage analytics: CollectedCrash reports: CollectedData shared with third parties: Collected Retention: as long as necessary; no periods
  • VPN Proxy Speed - Super VPN (TOPAPPS TECH) Email address: Optional or limitedIP address at sign-up: Not collectedIP address you connect from: Not collectedWhen you connect and disconnect: CollectedHow much data you use: CollectedDevice details: CollectedApp usage analytics: CollectedCrash reports: CollectedData shared with third parties: Collected Retention: while legitimate business need; VPN traffic cleared at session end

Some of these practices also count in our score: for example, keeping the IP address you connect from is a penalty, signing up without an email earns points. Every criterion is on the methodology page.

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