PureVPN (1 Year) + 120% Cashback via Topcashback (Plus Members) / 102% Standard Members

A lot of people aren't bothered about logs, more for geo restrictions unlocking

This is what happened to me too. Signed up for lifetime on stacksocial. They then said lifetime in their definition is 5 years.

Even the okampa on Star Trek Voyager lived for 7 years....Who lives for 5 years?

Thanks for this, Which VPN do you recommend?

Why?

Not really.

What

Geolocation is often used due to licensing issues. So were you to watch programmes in your country that were not licensed for such, then it could be classed as piracy. If the logs show your VPN as one country, but also have your GPS record as another, then the situation could be perceived that you were circumventing copyright or similar. Were the studio to request those logs, you could be open to prosecution. But as none of us engage in such a hypothetical situation, then all is good

They don't log activity, just ip logins

Either they have no faith in their product and want advertising by paying you to use it. Or they don't intend to honour the cashback. (edited)

I've used both and I would choose Surfshark over PureVPN all day long.

I paid for a lifetime deal many years ago when they were new on the scene and they refused to extend my expiry date after 5 years were up with no explanation. StackSocial offered me a credit refund as there was nothing they could as PureVPN had reneged on their deal. I had to take the credit and purchased 3 years of Surfshark instead. Been with them ever since and never had any issues.

No they don't.
That was in 2018 when they were located in Hong Kong (i.e China).

In 2021 they moved to BVI (which is as good as other privacy friendly countries, like Panama) and now have regular audits to prove they do not keep logs or user data.

After what happened in 2018 and had no choice but to change if they wanted to stay in business.

Wht happened

Yes, you will likely have to wait 6 months to a year for it and they will give you cash back that is 120% back that you paid. That is if they honour it though. These cash backs are a gamble as many times they don't pay out. (Talking about in general here, for example I seen a lot of complaints about Vodafone not honouring their cash back deals on here) (edited)

Old news and it's been mentioned above multiple times already.

That was when they were based in Hong Kong in 2018 (China, not the best place for a VPN if you value your privacy).
In 2021 they moved to BVI (which is a much more privacy friendly region, like Panama where Nord are).
Many of the best VPN's are also in BVI (like ExpressVPN).

They also now have an 'always on audit', so KPMG can turn up at any time and do an on the spot audit to prove they are not keeping any logs or user data.
They were the first VPN to do this and many still do not (including Nord).

They had to go through that shakeup to try and recover from the mess that data request and approval made.


Here's some info regarding the last audit -

PureVPN’s commitment to user privacyPureVPN, a premium VPN service, has successfully undergone its four consecutive third-party assessments of no-logs policy by a top auditing firm. The most recent audit took place between mid of February to the end of April 2023, reaffirming PureVPN’s commitment to its strict no-logs policy.

The assessment firm conducted a thorough examination of PureVPN’s no-logs claims to ensure the utmost transparency and credibility and presented a Technical Privacy Assessment Report. During the audit period, the assessment firm concluded that PureVPN did not record, store, or monitor any user activity, including:

• Origin IP address.
• Assigned VPN IP address.
• Specific time when you connect to our VPN server.
• Activities after you’ve connected to our VPN server.

So, that was their 4th audit (NordVPN have only had 3 done, the last was in January). (edited)