One of my favorite hidden-gem VPNs, IPVanish, has just announced a slew of exciting privacy-focused updates.
The first is the rollout of a brand new Trust Center, which will provide users with a single place to easily access all of IPVanish’s data-handling practices and user-protection initiatives. Here you’ll be able to find links to all of the service’s independent audit reports as well as detailed “Requests for user data” and security methodologies.
Due to the vast number of user data requests by law enforcement, more and more VPNs are starting to employ Trust Centers like this in order to provide full transparency to users. They are easy and effective ways to help warn users about potential data sharing while delicately, and legally, sidestepping gag orders.
Not just satisfied with the Trust Center, IPVanish has also announced that it completed another successful independent audit in February this year as well. Cyber security firm, Schellman Compliance, LLC, proved once again that IPVanish does not monitor, collect, or store user activity on its servers. The last such no-logs audit for IPVanish was done in 2022.
IPVanish’s new Trust Center is now available to view and will be updated every quarter from here on out.
Author: Sam Singleton, Assistant Editor, PCWorld
Sam Singleton is PCWorld's VPN beat reporter and jack of all trades. When he's not on the hunt for the best computer deals he's covering VPNs, productivity software, laptops, and a wide gamut of consumer-grade hardware and software.