Browsing & traffic
Claims no storageDenies browsing-history and content logs.
Policy section: Personal information we collect
PROVIDER PROFILE
Private Internet Access
Unlimited simultaneous devices, with monthly and annual billing options.
Source-based profile. We have not performed hands-on speed, leak, or streaming tests.
Plans, with the full bill.
| Plan & term | Monthly equivalent | Upfront bill | Renewal bill | Observed / source | Keep an offer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VPN1 months | $11.95USD / month equivalent | $11.95First 1 months | Renews at $11.95/month | 2026-11-06 Dated observation | Save this offer locally |
| VPN12 months | $3.99USD / month equivalent | $47.88First 12 months | Renews at $47.88/year | 2026-11-06 Dated observation | Save this offer locally |
Tax may apply at checkout. Introductory promotions and availability may vary. A successful build does not refresh prices.
MATCH THE TIER AND THE DEVICE
What can you use with this plan?
Provider documentation describes these setup paths and conditions. We have not installed or tested them. An available app does not establish feature parity, streaming access or identical support on every operating-system version.
VPN · paid scope
Simultaneous VPN connections: Unlimited. Private Internet Access named plan and billing source (opens in a new tab)
Setup documentation describes available connection paths. It does not establish identical features on every app, server or subscription variant.
Scroll horizontally for platform conditions and official documentation.
| Platform / feature | What is established | Provider documentation |
|---|---|---|
| Windows | App listed App listed; confirm the supported OS version. | PIA app directory (opens in a new tab) |
| macOS | App listed App listed; confirm the supported OS version. | PIA app directory (opens in a new tab) |
| Linux | App listed Linux app listed; verify distribution and feature requirements. | PIA app directory (opens in a new tab) |
| Android | App listed App listed; confirm the supported OS version. | PIA app directory (opens in a new tab) |
| iPhone / iPad | App listed App listed; confirm the supported OS version. | PIA app directory (opens in a new tab) |
| Android TV | Not established Not established for this tier in this research. | No tier-specific evidence captured |
| Apple TV | Not established Not established for this tier in this research. | No tier-specific evidence captured |
| Router | Manual setup Manual setup listed; compatible hardware and configuration required. | PIA compatible router requirements (opens in a new tab) |
| Port forwarding | Conditions apply Listed on Linux in selected locations; do not assume every server forwards ports. | PIA Linux app and selected-location port forwarding (opens in a new tab) |
| Bundle scope | Not established Additional bundle inclusions not established for this named tier. | Not established |
Download the scoped plan and feature evidence. Unknown is not the same as unsupported; add-ons are not included in the captured base-plan price.
WHAT IS KEPT, AND FOR HOW LONG?
Logging, field by field.
Denies browsing, DNS, IP, timestamp and bandwidth logs; account/payment information and optional reports remain separate.
Provider policy statements · Consumer VPN; website analytics and support are outside the tunnel claim. These are attributed claims, not StealthVPN observations of the service.
DNS queries
Claims no storageDenies DNS-query logs.
Policy section: Personal information we collect
IP addresses
Claims no storageDenies user IP logs.
Policy section: Personal information we collect
Session records
Claims no storageDenies connection timestamp logs.
Policy section: Personal information we collect
Bandwidth counters
Claims no storageDenies user bandwidth logs; aggregate capacity metrics remain.
Policy section: Personal information; non-personal data
App diagnostics
Conditions applyAggregate operational metrics; optional connection/debug reports.
Policy section: Non-personal data
Account identity
CollectedEmail; US state/ZIP for relevant tax processing.
Policy section: From VPN users
Payment records
CollectedPayment records; no full card details held by PIA.
Policy section: From VPN users
Retention & deletion
Not establishedNo fixed period; service, legal, dispute and agreement needs govern retention.
Policy section: Data retention
A no-storage claim applies to the category described. It does not rule out account records, website tracking, payment-processor data or an optional feature. “Not established” means the reviewed source did not settle this field. Read the separate assessments and event record
OPEN-SOURCE PRIVACY INTELLIGENCE
Follow the jurisdiction.
Five EyesReviewed 2026-11-06
- Service operator
- PIA Private Internet Access, Inc.
- Declared jurisdiction
- United States
- Country-set membership
- Five Eyes → Nine Eyes → Fourteen Eyes
- Ownership / group
- Kape Technologies PLC
- Parent / owner country
- United Kingdom
- Evidence basis
- Provider documents + published country-set research
What the location tells you
The United States belongs to Five Eyes and therefore also appears in the broader Nine and Fourteen country sets. That is a jurisdiction signal, not proof of monitoring.
PIA privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · PIA: United States base (opens in a new tab) · ODNI: Five Eyes oversight council (opens in a new tab) · Daniel Byman / CSIS: Improving U.S. Intelligence Sharing with Allies and Partners, January 2025, p. 11 (PDF p. 15) (opens in a new tab)
Look through the ownership
Kape lists PIA as a group brand and identifies its group headquarters in London, UK. PIA and ExpressVPN remain different service operators.
Kape: group brands, including PIA and ExpressVPN (opens in a new tab)
What the provider says it retains
Read the logging categories and retention periods
Denies browsing, DNS, IP, timestamp and bandwidth logs; account/payment information and optional reports remain separate.
Country grouping is our classification of the declared service jurisdiction. It is not evidence that a VPN shares customer data, or a finding that an unlisted jurisdiction is safe. Provider policy statements are not independently verified here. Read the practical implications
THE SOURCE, THE SCOPE, THE LIMIT
Read the privacy evidence.
An on-site evidence view, not a privacy score. Policy claims, commissioned assessments and historical events answer different questions. Event dates below retain their documented precision; a year or month is not an exact day.
Provider statementCourt recordThird-party researchCommissioned assessmentCompany filingUnresolved
Labels identify the source, not a security rating or independent StealthVPN testing. Read the document scope and limits.
Logging and retained records
Denies browsing, DNS, IP, timestamp and bandwidth logs; account/payment information and optional reports remain separate.
PIA privacy policy (opens in a new tab) Field-by-field breakdown
Who operates and controls the service?
PIA Private Internet Access, Inc. · United States
Kape Technologies PLC
Kape lists PIA as a group brand and identifies its group headquarters in London, UK. PIA and ExpressVPN remain different service operators.
PIA privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · PIA: United States base (opens in a new tab) · Kape: group brands, including PIA and ExpressVPN (opens in a new tab)
Assessments and their boundaries
No scoped assessor document is curated here for this provider. That means not reviewed in this selection, not that the service has never been assessed.
Documented event timeline
Newest event first. Responses are attributed; an announced remediation is not independently verified by StealthVPN. A related product or former owner is identified in the event scope.
- Ownership & people
Kape: controlling shareholder history and review publishing
Scope: Ownership and potential commercial conflicts
Record or attributed account
Company filingProvider statementUnikmind’s February 2023 offer announcement identifies it as wholly owned by Teddy Sagi and already holding about 54.8% of Kape at that date. Kape’s current brand page lists ExpressVPN, PIA and content publisher Webselenese.
Data outcome and relevance
Company filingProvider statementThis establishes dated ownership and a shared commercial group. It does not show that the owner receives VPN user records.
Response / reported subsequent action
Provider statementKape describes Webselenese as a publisher of privacy and security comparison content. Shared ownership is relevant when evaluating commercial incentives.
Unresolved / not establishedOpen the case and document locatorsThe 2023 percentage is historical, not a current cap table. This entry makes no personal-misconduct allegation against Sagi and does not infer that any particular review was manipulated. Current beneficial-ownership records and editorial controls need separate investigation.
- Ownership & people
Kape’s Crossrider history and the adware concern
Scope: Historical parent-company business; current VPN brands are distinct
Record or attributed account
Company filingThird-party researchA March 2018 regulatory announcement documents Crossrider’s renaming as Kape. Separately, Malwarebytes identifies PUP.Optional.Crossrider as adware and describes bundling and browser-hijacking behavior.
Data outcome and relevance
Company filingThird-party researchThese sources establish historical corporate and software concerns, not that current ExpressVPN or PIA apps contain that adware or sell VPN traffic.
Response / reported subsequent action
Company filingProvider statementThe 2018 announcement describes a strategic shift toward consumer security and privacy. Kape now lists ExpressVPN and PIA among its brands.
Unresolved / not establishedOpen the case and document locatorsThe detection classification concerns particular software; the name-change filing concerns a company. They do not establish that every platform customer behaved alike or that Kape intentionally authored every unwanted payload. Current VPN systems require their own evidence.
- Legal requests
PIA’s historical subpoena response in an FBI complaint
Scope: London Trust Media / PIA, before Kape ownership
Record or attributed account
Court filing · mirrored copyAn FBI criminal complaint describes a subpoena to London Trust Media, then doing business as Private Internet Access. Paragraph 33 records the response.
Data outcome and relevance
Court filing · mirrored copyThe 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.
Response / reported subsequent action
Provider statementPIA’s current transparency page describes its historical responses as support for its no-logs policy.
Unresolved / not establishedOpen the case and document locatorsThe 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.
No country label or corporate association is a finding of guilt, safety or customer-data access. Jurisdiction context · Investigation method.
BEFORE YOU CHOOSE
Details worth a closer look.
The provider advertises unlimited simultaneous device connections.
The longer promotional plan needs an explicit first bill before we include it as a priced offer.
Refund window: 30 days for new subscribers; app store terms differ.
Provider documentationMORE PERSPECTIVES
Read the published reviews.
These reviews belong to their publishers. Their methods, commercial relationships and testing dates differ. Our provisional editorial metascore groups eligible overall ratings by publisher family; all original summaries and source caveats remain below.
4 review publications represent 3 source families for this service. The editorial metascore shows eligible opinions and family weighting; it does not rate this exact subscription or certify security. Inspect this provider’s speed evidence
TechRadar · Future family
Private Internet Access (PIA) VPN review - a standout choice for niche audiences
Overall editorial rating: 3.95 / 5REVIEW IN BRIEF
TechRadar highlights configurable VPN controls, repeated no-logs audits, Android automation and published transparency reports.
Main caveat: Its negatives include uneven support responsiveness and weak phishing protection. It sees less recent innovation than in some rivals.
Our paraphrase · source checked 2026-11-06
Coverage: Not captured.
Article updated: 2026-07-03; originally published 2022-10-24
Test period: not captured. Article updates may cover only part of a review.
Metadata collected 2026-11-06. External publisher; may earn affiliate commissions.
Tom’s Guide · Future family
Private Internet Access review
Overall editorial rating: 4.05 / 5REVIEW IN BRIEF
Tom’s Guide favors PIA for inexpensive plans, device flexibility and advanced settings that suit experienced users.
Main caveat: It reports less impressive speeds and some streaming difficulties, with a learning curve in the apps. Its captured feature list also flags an Android split-tunneling gap.
Our paraphrase · source checked 2026-11-06
Coverage: Not captured.
Article updated: 2026-08-20; originally published 2022-11-07
Test period: not captured. Article updates may cover only part of a review.
Metadata collected 2026-11-06. External publisher; may earn affiliate commissions.
Top10VPN · Top10VPN family
Private Internet Access review (paid service)
Overall editorial rating · paid service: 8.7 / 10REVIEW IN BRIEF
Top10VPN favors PIA’s value, configurable encryption, US location coverage and port-forwarding support for torrenting.
Main caveat: It finds international streaming less consistent and the many settings demanding for beginners. Its favorable privacy verdict differs from RTINGS’ assessment.
Our paraphrase · source checked 2026-11-07
Coverage: Paid service; exact subscription not captured.
Article updated: 2026-10-14
Test period: not captured. Article updates may cover only part of a review.
Manually checked 2026-11-06. Affiliate-supported. The publisher’s methods describe self-funding/no paid reviews; its terms also allow commercial influence on ordering and scores. This verdict is not treated as an independent extra vote or a StealthVPN test.
RTINGS · RTINGS family
Private Internet Access lab review (paid service)
Private Browsing: 5.6 / 10Category ratings only; no overall score imported.
REVIEW IN BRIEF
RTINGS reports that PIA kept IP addresses and DNS queries inside the connected tunnel and offers useful port forwarding for torrenting.
Main caveat: It reports unencrypted traffic escaping after a system restart in its kill-switch test. Policy, audit-scope and ownership concerns also lower its Private Browsing assessment.
Our paraphrase · source checked 2026-11-07
Coverage: Paid service; see source for tested tier.
Test bench update: 2026-07-13; originally published 2025-03-31
Test period: not captured. Article updates may cover only part of a review.
Manually checked 2026-11-06. Membership and affiliate-supported publisher. Category score manually checked. A retest or writing update does not date all measurements.