Browsing & traffic
Claims no storageDenies browsing, destinations and content logs.
Policy section: Policy introduction
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PROVIDER PROFILE
PrivateVPN
A Swedish-operated VPN with published privacy terms and a paid affiliate portal.
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 | $9.90USD / month equivalent | $9.90First 1 months | Renews at $9.90/month | 2026-11-06 Dated observation | Save this offer locally |
| VPN3 months | $6.00USD / month equivalent | $17.99First 3 months | Renews at $17.99/3 months | 2026-11-06 Dated observation | Save this offer locally |
VAT included according to provider. 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: 10. PrivateVPN 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. | PrivateVPN app installation directory (opens in a new tab) |
| macOS | App listed App listed; confirm the supported OS version. | PrivateVPN app installation directory (opens in a new tab) |
| Linux | Manual setup Linux manual WireGuard configuration listed; no native GUI established here. | PrivateVPN manual WireGuard platforms and routers (opens in a new tab) |
| Android | App listed App listed; confirm the supported OS version. | PrivateVPN app installation directory (opens in a new tab) |
| iPhone / iPad | App listed App listed; confirm the supported OS version. | PrivateVPN app installation 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. | PrivateVPN manual WireGuard platforms and routers (opens in a new tab) |
| Port forwarding | Not established Tier, server and platform requirements not established in this research. | Not established |
| 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 VPN activity, IP, timestamp and bandwidth logs; billing processors and support still handle identifying data.
Provider policy statements · Consumer VPN; account, processor and website records are separate. These are attributed claims, not StealthVPN observations of the service.
DNS queries
Claims no storageDenies DNS-query logs.
Policy section: Policy introduction
IP addresses
Claims no storageDenies source and allocated VPN IP logs.
Policy section: Policy introduction
Session records
Claims no storageDenies connection timestamps.
Policy section: Policy introduction
Bandwidth counters
Claims no storageDenies bandwidth logs.
Policy section: Policy introduction
App diagnostics
Not establishedVPN-app diagnostic collection/defaults not established here; support collects submitted information.
Policy section: Information we collect
Account identity
CollectedEmail/password; support may collect further contact information.
Policy section: Account information; support
Payment records
Processor recordsProcessors handle billing information, potentially including payer IP.
Policy section: Payment information
Retention & deletion
Conditions applyGenerally at most 2 years after last communication, with service, legal and accounting exceptions.
Policy section: Storage of information
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.
Fourteen EyesReviewed 2026-11-06
- Service operator
- PrivateVPN Global AB
- Declared jurisdiction
- Sweden
- Country-set membership
- Fourteen Eyes
- Ownership / group
- Miss Group — acquisition announced June 2022
- Parent / owner country
- Sweden
- Evidence basis
- Provider documents + published country-set research
What the location tells you
The contracting terms apply Swedish law. Sweden belongs to the listed Fourteen Eyes set but not the Five or Nine subsets; this does not itself establish user logging.
PrivateVPN: contracting entity and Swedish governing law (opens in a new tab) · PrivateVPN: privacy and payment records (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
Miss Group announced its acquisition in 2022. That dated company announcement is not a fresh beneficial-ownership registry check or proof that a parent receives VPN traffic.
Miss Group: June 2022 PrivateVPN acquisition announcement (opens in a new tab)
What the provider says it retains
Read the logging categories and retention periods
Denies VPN activity, IP, timestamp and bandwidth logs; billing processors and support still handle identifying data.
PrivateVPN: privacy and payment records (opens in a new tab)
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
READ THE RECORD AND THE SCOPE
Audits, disclosures & research gaps.
Labels identify the evidence source. A commissioned assessment, a company statement and a missing document establish different things. StealthVPN has not independently tested these systems.
Technical audit report not obtained
Research checked November 6, 2026
No independently authored technical audit report has been obtained for this dossier. Logging denials in the policy are attributed to the provider.
Limits: The gap does not establish that no audit exists. A court-record-backed disclosure history has also not been established in this research.
PrivateVPN: privacy and payment records (opens in a new tab)
Acquisition announcement: a dated ownership lead
June 17, 2022
Miss Group announced the PrivateVPN acquisition and described Perwyn as its majority investor at that time. The service terms identify PrivateVPN Global AB.
Limits: The announcement is not a current registry audit. It does not establish today’s complete beneficial-ownership chain or parent-company access to VPN traffic.
Miss Group: June 2022 PrivateVPN acquisition announcement (opens in a new tab) · PrivateVPN: contracting entity and Swedish governing law (opens in a new tab)
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 VPN activity, IP, timestamp and bandwidth logs; billing processors and support still handle identifying data.
PrivateVPN privacy policy (opens in a new tab) Field-by-field breakdown
Who operates and controls the service?
PrivateVPN Global AB · Sweden
Miss Group — acquisition announced June 2022
Miss Group announced its acquisition in 2022. That dated company announcement is not a fresh beneficial-ownership registry check or proof that a parent receives VPN traffic.
PrivateVPN: contracting entity and Swedish governing law (opens in a new tab) · PrivateVPN: privacy and payment records (opens in a new tab) · Miss Group: June 2022 PrivateVPN acquisition announcement (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
Miss Group announced its acquisition of PrivateVPN
Scope: Historical corporate acquisition and management transition
Record or attributed account
Provider statementMiss Group’s June 2022 announcement describes acquiring the Swedish VPN provider and transferring day-to-day management to its team.
Data outcome and relevance
Provider statementThe announcement establishes a claimed corporate transaction, not access to customer traffic or a legal-request disclosure.
Response / reported subsequent action
Provider statementCurrent reviewed terms name PrivateVPN Global AB and Swedish governing law; the privacy policy separately describes account and payment data.
Unresolved / not establishedOpen the case and document locatorsThe acquisition announcement is historical and does not independently verify every later ownership change or establish the current beneficial-ownership chain.
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 official homepage confirms monthly and quarterly bills, including VAT. The long-plan first bill remains unconfirmed; its rounded monthly advertisement is not used to infer a total.
PrivateVPN Global AB is the contracting entity. Miss Group announced its acquisition in 2022; current ultimate control is not independently established.
Refund window: 30 days on qualifying first orders; renewals and app-store purchases have separate rules.
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.
3 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
Top10VPN · Top10VPN family
PrivateVPN review (paid service)
Overall editorial rating · paid service: 7.4 / 10REVIEW IN BRIEF
Top10VPN favors PrivateVPN for simple apps, low long-term pricing and access to a range of streaming services.
Main caveat: It reports congestion on distant connections, no in-app WireGuard support and limited external evidence for the logging policy.
Our paraphrase · source checked 2026-11-07
Coverage: Paid service; exact subscription not captured.
Article updated: 2026-08-19
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.
TechRadar · Future family
PrivateVPN review
Overall editorial rating: 2.5 / 5REVIEW IN BRIEF
TechRadar praises PrivateVPN’s streaming results, responsive support and its kill switch in the reviewed setup.
Main caveat: It reports DNS exposure with some protocols and no security audit. WireGuard requires manual configuration rather than the reviewed apps.
Our paraphrase · source checked 2026-11-06
Coverage: See publisher for tested plan.
Article updated: 2023-08-15; originally published 2022-04-14
Test period: not captured. Article updates may cover only part of a review.
Metadata collected 2026-11-06. Affiliate-funded publisher. Manually checked metadata; publisher update dates do not date all tests. Free and paid scores remain distinct.
PCWorld · PCWorld family
PrivateVPN review: Simple and likeable
Overall editorial rating: 3.5 / 5REVIEW IN BRIEF
PCWorld finds PrivateVPN suitable for straightforward browsing and streaming, with a simple Windows app and low long-term pricing.
Main caveat: It sees the service falling behind on newer features, with a small server network and no WireGuard support in the reviewed app.
Our paraphrase · source checked 2026-11-06
Coverage: Paid service.
Article updated: 2025-06-19; originally published 2024-03-25
Test period: not captured. Article updates may cover only part of a review.
Metadata collected 2026-11-06. Publisher may earn affiliate commissions. Original methods and dates apply; StealthVPN has not rerun these tests.