No-Logs Claims vs. Independent Audits: What 377 VPN Privacy Policies Say
"No logs" is the most common promise in VPN marketing. It is also the hardest one for a buyer to check. A privacy policy can say "no logs" in the headline and describe, a few paragraphs later, which connection data it keeps and for how long. At VPNRadarLab we score VPN services only from what the providers publish: privacy policies, audit reports, apps, jurisdictions, prices. That makes it…
No-logs claims are prevalent in VPN marketing but hard to verify. VPNRadarLab's ranking examines three aspects for each of the 377 services: the existence of a no-logs policy, whether it has been independently audited, and whether the provider stores connection IPs. The majority (80%) publish a no-logs policy, but independent audits are rare at just 9%.
Only 22 services state they keep the connection IP, while 61 mention storing session times. Just 27 services meet all three criteria: having a no-logs policy, an independent audit, and not storing IPs. Jurisdiction varies, with 92 US-based services and 137 outside the 5/9/14 Eyes intelligence-sharing alliances. Reading beyond the headline reveals that stored IPs and short-term logging are distinct, with the latter not necessarily contradicting a no-logs promise.
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