Browsing & traffic
Claims no storageDenies browsing and traffic-content logs.
Policy section: Section 4
PROVIDER PROFILE
PureVPN
Standard VPN subscriptions with introductory terms up to five years and separate annual renewals.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard12 months | $3.40USD / month equivalent | $40.80First 12 months | Renews at $57.95/year | 2026-11-06 Dated observation | Save this offer locally |
| Standard27 months · 3 bonus included | $2.16USD / month equivalent | $58.20First 27 months | Renews at $47.95/year | 2026-11-06 Dated observation | Save this offer locally |
| Standard60 months | $1.69USD / month equivalent | $101.55First 60 months | Renews at $47.95/year | 2026-11-06 Dated observation | Save this offer locally |
Tax may apply. Promotions and currency vary by location; optional add-ons excluded. 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.
Standard · paid scope
Simultaneous VPN connections: 10. PureVPN 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. | PureVPN app directory (opens in a new tab) |
| macOS | App listed App listed; confirm the supported OS version. | PureVPN app directory (opens in a new tab) |
| Linux | App listed Linux app listed; verify distribution and feature requirements. | PureVPN app directory (opens in a new tab) |
| Android | App listed App listed; confirm the supported OS version. | PureVPN app directory (opens in a new tab) |
| iPhone / iPad | App listed App listed; confirm the supported OS version. | PureVPN 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. | PureVPN router configuration and port-forwarding add-on (opens in a new tab) |
| Port forwarding | Add-on required Separate port-forwarding add-on; supported location and platform setup required. | PureVPN port forwarding requires an add-on (opens in a new tab) |
| Bundle scope | Documented The captured offer is Standard. Plus, Max and add-ons must not inherit this price. | PureVPN named plan and billing source (opens in a new tab) |
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 activity logs but describes connection dates, ISP information and bandwidth totals, with add-on exceptions.
Provider policy statements · Consumer VPN; dedicated-IP and blocking features have separate conditions. These are attributed claims, not StealthVPN observations of the service.
DNS queries
Conditions applyDenies DNS-query logs; optional blocker sees domains during use.
Policy section: Section 4 blocker notes
IP addresses
Claims no storageDenies original and assigned VPN IP logs for the standard service.
Policy section: Section 4
Session records
CollectedConnection day and ISP/routes; denies precise connection times.
Policy section: Section 3
Bandwidth counters
CollectedTotal bandwidth by user; residential add-on also has quota counters.
Policy section: Bandwidth use and consumption
App diagnostics
CollectedSoftware analytics, statistics and support communications.
Policy section: Section 3
Account identity
CollectedName, email and password.
Policy section: Section 3
Payment records
CollectedPayment method and transaction processing.
Policy section: Sections 3 and 5
Retention & deletion
Conditions applyEmail deletion requires an explicit request; legal/business exceptions remain.
Policy section: Section 11
Feature-specific exceptions
- Dedicated-IP records persist 25 days after subscription ends; manually configured extended WireGuard IP records have a separate 24-hour rule. PureVPN privacy policy (opens in a new tab)
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.
Outside listed 14UK Overseas TerritoryReviewed 2026-11-06
- Service operator
- GZ Systems Private Ltd
- Declared jurisdiction
- British Virgin Islands
- Country-set membership
- Not in the listed Five / Nine / Fourteen country sets
- Ownership / group
- GZ Systems / PureSquare portfolio; ultimate control not established
- Parent / owner country
- Not established in this review
- Evidence basis
- Provider documents + published country-set research
What the location tells you
BVI is a UK Overseas Territory, not a separately enumerated member of the country sets. The current BVI operator should not be projected backward onto the 2017 incident.
PureVPN: privacy policy and BVI operator (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) · UK Parliament: Overseas Territories and their relationship with the UK (opens in a new tab)
Look through the ownership
The policy identifies the BVI operator. PureSquare lists PureVPN in its brand portfolio. These statements do not establish the complete current beneficial-ownership chain.
PureVPN: privacy policy and BVI operator (opens in a new tab) · PureSquare: current brand portfolio (opens in a new tab)
What the provider says it retains
Read the logging categories and retention periods
Denies activity logs but describes connection dates, ISP information and bandwidth totals, with add-on exceptions.
PureVPN: privacy policy and BVI operator (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.
KPMG letter: seven sampled servers
Assessment February 16–22, 2023; validation March–April 2023
The provider-commissioned April 17 letter covers seven servers and supporting infrastructure in six countries. KPMG concluded that four assessed claims concerning origin IPs, assigned IPs, connection times and VPN activity were met by the end of the engagement.
Limits: The letter expressly excludes a cybersecurity assessment and a full privacy assessment. It is a dated letter, not the full work papers or evidence of continuous compliance in 2026. It also restricts third-party reliance.
KPMG: PureVPN technical privacy assessment letter, April 17, 2023 (opens in a new tab)
Current portfolio and historical logging are separate
Portfolio checked November 6, 2026
PureSquare lists PureVPN alongside PureDome, PureWL and PureLabs. The current policy identifies GZ Systems Private Ltd; the 2017 connection-record case concerns an earlier period.
Limits: A brand portfolio does not identify every beneficial owner. The current consumer policy and separate white-label arrangements should not be treated as one uniform logging promise. Read the linked investigation for the historical court evidence.
PureSquare: current brand portfolio (opens in a new tab) · PureVPN: privacy policy and BVI operator (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 activity logs but describes connection dates, ISP information and bandwidth totals, with add-on exceptions.
PureVPN privacy policy (opens in a new tab) Field-by-field breakdown
Who operates and controls the service?
GZ Systems Private Ltd · British Virgin Islands
GZ Systems / PureSquare portfolio; ultimate control not established
The policy identifies the BVI operator. PureSquare lists PureVPN in its brand portfolio. These statements do not establish the complete current beneficial-ownership chain.
PureVPN: privacy policy and BVI operator (opens in a new tab) · PureSquare: current brand portfolio (opens in a new tab)
Assessments and their boundaries
KPMG technical privacy assessment letter
Period: Assessment: 16–22 February 2023; validation: March–April 2023; letter: 17 April 2023
Commissioned by / engagement: PureVPN
Scope: Four specified logging claims on seven VPN servers and supporting infrastructure in six countries.
Reported result: The letter reports compliance with the four assessed policy claims at the engagement’s conclusion.
Limits: Summary letter, not a full cybersecurity or privacy assessment. The letter restricts distribution/use and disclaims third-party reliance; we link the provider-hosted document rather than reproduce it.
One-page letter: objective, approach and limitations.
KPMG: PureVPN technical privacy assessment letter, April 17, 2023 (opens in a new tab)
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.
- Legal requests
A 2017 affidavit describes identifying connection records
Scope: PureVPN at the time of the Ryan Lin investigation; historical connection metadata
Record or attributed account
Court filingParagraph 52 says PureVPN records helped associate the same customer with originating IP addresses at a home and workplace.
Data outcome and relevance
Court filingThe described evidence concerns originating IP/account correlation. This passage does not establish disclosure of browsing history or content.
Response / reported subsequent action
Provider statementPureVPN’s current policy denies activity and identifiable connection logs, while describing other account and service data. It is a current policy statement, not a contemporaneous response to the 2017 filing.
Unresolved / not establishedOpen the case and document locatorsAn affidavit supporting a complaint records the agent’s sworn assertions, not a StealthVPN technical finding. Historical practices do not establish current behavior; current policies do not erase the historical record.
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.
Standard, Plus and Max are different bundles. Add-ons can change the total.
The five-year first bill renews annually; it is not another five-year purchase.
Historical connection-record evidence is documented in the linked 2017 case file.
Refund window: 31-day money-back guarantee advertised on the order page; check eligibility.
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
PureVPN review (paid service)
Overall editorial rating · paid service: 6.5 / 10REVIEW IN BRIEF
Top10VPN regards PureVPN’s basic plan as a low-cost way to encrypt traffic, with apps for major device types.
Main caveat: It is critical of upgrade prompts, paid extras, inconsistent streaming and privacy assurances. Its tests also raise a concern about kill-switch reliability.
Our paraphrase · source checked 2026-11-07
Coverage: Paid service; exact subscription not captured.
Article updated: 2024-11-25
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
PureVPN review
Overall editorial rating: 4 / 5REVIEW IN BRIEF
TechRadar highlights streaming access, optional dedicated IPs and port forwarding, alongside the provider’s audited no-logs policy.
Main caveat: It reports uneven app behavior, particularly on Android, and only average connection performance. Some highlighted extras require an additional payment.
Our paraphrase · source checked 2026-11-06
Coverage: See publisher for tested plan.
Article updated: 2025-03-07; originally published 2022-10-24
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
I like PureVPN, I just don't love it
Overall editorial rating: 3.5 / 5REVIEW IN BRIEF
PCWorld sees a capable basic feature set, broad server coverage and plenty of optional upgrades.
Main caveat: Its verdict is held back by the historical privacy record, uneven streaming access and persistent sales prompts for additional features.
Our paraphrase · source checked 2026-11-06
Coverage: Paid service.
Article updated: 2025-05-19
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.