

2 And even when the court mandated that ProtonVPN hand over user data, the company had no data to hand over since it doesn’t log customer IP addresses.

Its most recent transparency report shows that only one IP information request came in in 2019. On its website, ProtonVPN maintains a transparency report which discloses every time that third parties request user information. So how does ProtonVPN handle court-approved data requests? However, it does cooperate with Five Eyes’ partner countries regarding law enforcement requests. Switzerland also doesn’t belong to any international surveillance alliance like the Five Eyes, Nine Eyes, and 14 Eyes alliances. For instance, Swiss law doesn’t require VPNs to keep user data logs, 1 which makes the country great for VPNs with no data-logging policies. Speaking of privacy-friendly countries, Switzerland, the location of ProtonVPN’s headquarters, has strong personal privacy laws. And on top of that, 95 of its servers are Secure Core servers, which means they only route traffic through privacy-friendly countries. Its servers have over 1 Gbps capacity, which means they are fast. But it’s not just about quantity with ProtonVPN. Typically, when it comes to VPNs, the more servers, the better, as your proximity to a server influences your internet speed. Since its founding, ProtonVPN has grown to have more than 2,500 servers in 67 countries. That’s a cause we can get behind, as journalism is an increasingly dangerous profession. They created ProtonVPN “to better protect the activists and journalists” around the world. Proton Technologies AG, the parent company of ProtonVPN, came about after its founding members met at CERN. How many VPN origin stories involve international nuclear physics research organizations? Well, we would guess only one. By overcoming CPU limitations that affect how VPN protocols are processed, using advanced networking techniques to reduce latency, and redesigning VPN protocols themselves to reduce inefficiencies in their code, VPN Accelerator can dramatically increase speed performance.About ProtonVPN Selecting a Country Server in ProtonVPN VPN Accelerator is a set of technologies unique to Proton VPN that can increase your VPN speeds by over 400%. Our fast server network and unique VPN Accelerator technology also ensure your experience is smooth and buffering-free. Proton VPN unblocks a wide selection of popular online media services, allowing you to access your favorite streaming content from anywhere in the world as if you were at home. Proton VPN has native apps for Windows, macOS, Linux, Chromebook, Android, Android TV and iOS/iPadOS. A secure Internet connection that you can trust is essential to maintaining your privacy on your laptop at home, your mobile device on the road, or your workstation at the office.

Proton VPN is available on all your devices, including PCs, Macs, smartphones, and even routers.
