LEGAL REQUESTS / 2016-03-08
PIA’s historical subpoena response in an FBI complaint
London Trust Media / PIA, before Kape ownership
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What the record says
An FBI criminal complaint describes a subpoena to London Trust Media, then doing business as Private Internet Access. Paragraph 33 records the response.
US v. McWaters: criminal complaint, mirrored copy (opens in a new tab)
Data outcome and relevance
The affidavit says the company could identify only the US East Coast IP-address cluster and describe accepted payment methods. It does not report a user-to-IP identification from PIA.
US v. McWaters: criminal complaint, mirrored copy (opens in a new tab)
Company response or subsequent action
PIA’s current transparency page describes its historical responses as support for its no-logs policy.
PIA: current transparency report (opens in a new tab)
What remains unestablished
The complaint is an investigator’s sworn account, not a judicial certification of every logging practice. The reviewed copy is mirrored on Scribd, not obtained directly from the court docket. This 2016 episode predates the current ownership structure.
Sources and document locators
- Court filing · third-party mirrorUS v. McWaters: criminal complaint, mirrored copy (opens in a new tab)
S.D. Florida, 9:16-mj-08075-JMH, document 1, March 8, 2016; paragraph 33, pp. 13–14
- Provider transparency reportPIA: current transparency report (opens in a new tab)
Historical subpoena statements; quarterly reporting
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