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Court records and reporting show a small set of major VPNs have been legally tested by subpoenas or warrants, and some—most notably Private Internet Access (PIA)—could not produce user browsing logs i...
Court-tested “no-logs” claims have both been upheld and pierced: Windscribe’s founder had criminal charges dismissed in April 2025 after the company could not provide user data , while multiple long-d...
Court records and reporting show multiple VPN providers have had their no-logs claims tested in court and by law enforcement; Private Internet Access (PIA) was subpoenaed in 2016/2017 and could not pr...
Real-world tests of VPNs against subpoenas are limited but instructive: Private Internet Access (PIA) has court records showing it could not produce user logs when subpoenaed, and ExpressVPN reports r...
Court-tested no-logs claims are the strongest real-world evidence a VPN can offer: several providers — notably Private Internet Access, ExpressVPN, OVPN and others — have faced subpoenas, server seizu...
Major U.S. federal resources require ISPs to disclose network-management and commercial practices under the FCC’s Internet Freedom rule (47 CFR § 8.1) and the FCC maintains an ISP disclosures portal w...
VPN providers sometimes keep data that courts can compel; several providers have faced subpoenas and police raids that tested their claims, and independent audits or court outcomes are the clearest ev...
Yes — several mainstream VPN providers now advertise “integrated” or turnkey support for Tor-style browsing, but that phrase covers different things: Proton VPN and NordVPN explicitly provide Tor/Onio...
Public examples of VPNs that have refused government data requests are limited but real: ProtonVPN has publicly denied authorities’ attempts to identify users because it does not keep the server-conne...
A small group of mainstream VPNs has real-world evidence—court fights, seizures, or audits—that their no-logs promises held up under legal pressure: notable examples frequently named in industry repor...