Encrypt.me Privacy Report
Encrypt.me’s relatively low pricing rating stems from its privacy policy, primarily. The VPN logs the user’s app and site usage, device type, operating system, IP address, timestamps, location data, and more. Although the VPN doesn’t log the websites visited, this is more information than necessary, and Encrypt.me shares this data with third parties for advertising purposes.
Encryption
| In Transit | Yes |
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| At rest? | Yes |
| All network communications and capabilities? | Yes |
Security Updates
| Automatic, regular software/ firmware updates? | Yes for Macs. For others must check manually |
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| Product available to use during updates? | No |
Passwords
| Mandatory password? | Yes |
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| Two-Factor authentication? | No |
| Multi-Factor authentication? | No |
Vulnerability Management
| Point of contact for reporting vulnerabilities? | hello@encrypt.me |
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| Bug bounty program? | No |
Privacy Policy
| Link | https://encrypt.me/privacy-policy/ |
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| Specific to device? | No |
| Readable? | Yes |
| What data they log | App and site usage, how you interact with advertising on the site, email address, payment information, demographic information, purchase details of free trials, referral information, device type, operating system, browser type, IP address language settings, dates and times of connecting to a site, app usage stats, dates and times of connecting to the app, location data, app crash information |
| What data they don’t log | Web browsing |
| Can you delete your data? | Yes |
| Third-party sharing policies | Shares data with third parties for advertising and payment services |
Surveillance
| Log camera device/ app footage | n/a |
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| Log microphone device/ app | n/a |
| Location tracking device/ app | Yes |
Parental Controls
| Are there parental controls? | Content filtering to block content on devices affiliated with the plan |
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Company History
| Any security breaches/ surveillance issues in past? | No |
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| Did they do anything to fix it? | n/a |
Additional Security Features
| Anything like privacy shutters, privacy zones, etc.? | n/a |
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