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And then you have stuff like AV companies' VPNs for which you pay AND your data gets sold.

(Basically, all AV companies listed on stock market sell your data.)




well, I've suspected that. But can you point to evidence?

I wrote a post last summer for IVPN's blog. Bottom line, AhnLab and Emsisoft seemed to be the only commercial ones that don't share data.

AhnLab: “AhnLab will not collect any personal information other than [data collected during software use] and will not disclose such data to any third party.”

Emsisoft: “Any information we collect from you is only used by us to serve you better. Your information is never given to a third party.”




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