IPVanish Privacy Report

Privacy Rating

6.8

/10

IPVanish’s privacy rating decreased due to its privacy policy. The VPN logs users’ page requests, browser types, operating systems, and more unnecessary information. The company also has a history of surveillance and has shared user information with the U.S District Court of the Southern District of Indiana.

Encryption

In Transit	Yes
At rest?	Yes, with sugarsync
All network communications and capabilities?	Yes

Security Updates

Automatic, regular software/ firmware updates?	Yes but must opt in
Product available to use during updates?	No

Passwords

Mandatory password?	Yes
Two-Factor authentication?	No
Multi-Factor authentication?	Yes

Vulnerability Management

Point of contact for reporting vulnerabilities?	n/a
Bug bounty program?	No

Privacy Policy

Link	https://www.ipvanish.com/privacy-policy/
Specific to device?	No
Readable?	Yes
What data they log	Page requests Browser type Operating System Bounce rate Average time spent on our Site, email address, payment info
What data they don’t log	Traffic or use of its Virtual Private Network service on any platform. We do not track user activities outside of our Site, nor do we track the website browsing or connection activities of users who are using our Services.
Can you delete your data?	Yes if you are a resident of california
Third-party sharing policies	Can opt out of third-party pixels that use cookies. Third parties leveraged for customer feedback, fraud detection, email, ETL, payment, cart abandonment, blog hosting, app crash info, and support tickets.

Surveillance

Log camera device/ app footage	n/a
Log microphone device/ app	n/a
Location tracking device/ app	No

Parental Controls

Are there parental controls?	No

Company History

Any security breaches/ surveillance issues in past?	Yes
Did they do anything to fix it?	No

Additional Security Features

Anything like privacy shutters, privacy zones, etc.?	n/a