Why PureVPN? No Logs. Data Retention (HONG KONG)

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                                         Why PureVPN is the best VPN for the daily user, and even the more technical...
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As far as privacy is concerned, PureVPN claims they’ll "never" voluntarily release customer information –
"unless" a government or law enforcement agency "forces" them.
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Also, it’s worth noting they are based in Hong Kong, which has some of the most favorable data retention legislation in the world.
I tend to dislike US-based firms, because of Edward Snowden and the NSA.
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                                                       LINK TO PUREVPN: http://www.smarturl.it/purevpn
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I was relatively impressed with PureVPN’s security; though these days, using strong encryption protocols is more of expectation.

I like how easy it is to select various tunneling options.

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They offer:

PPTP
L2TP/IPsec
SSTP
SSL
128-bit encryption,
TCP/UDP
AES-256-bit encryption
Which is a nearly comprehensive list of the most popular encryption technologies.

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As far as privacy is concerned, PureVPN claims they’ll never voluntarily release customer information – unless a government or law enforcement agency forces them.

Also, it’s worth noting they are based in Hong Kong, which has some of the most favorable data retention legislation in the world. I tend to dislike US-based firms, because of Edward Snowden and the NSA.

When it comes privacy policy, PureVPN states:

“We do not monitor user activity nor do we keep any logs. We, therefore, have no record of your activities such as which software you used, which websites you visited, what content you downloaded, which apps you used, etc. after you connected to any of our servers.”

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Instead, they only keep:

Users names
Email addresses
Phone numbers
Though, phone number retention is only applicable in certain countries with special laws/regulations. As PureVPN states on their website, there are no mandatory data retention laws in Hong Kong.

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Though I may not be pleased that PureVPN only has a 7-day money back guarantee, I was very impressed with the privacy policy.

Understand that it is quite common within the VPN industry to forgo collecting user activity logs, downloads, and which websites they visit.

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However, some VPN services are required by law to register:

IP addresses
Which servers a user connects to
What time they join
Total data sent over the VPN

And other various types of metadata.
Fortunately, PureVPN doesn’t even log this kind of information.

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//SRC: http://www.cloudwards.net/purevpn-review-2016-review/