There's another concern in Betternet's ability to 'identify devices and associate them with other data we collect.

Touch VPN (opens in new tab) logs the domains accessed by users, but only the domains, not the full URLs, and data is anonymized to ensure the company can't associate a domain access to a specific user, time or session. The system records your IP address when you connect, but this is hashed, and deleted at the end of the session. It 'does not inspect or record the contents of what you are browsing, viewing, or doing through them', either. The policy explains that it 'does not record your VPN browsing activities in any way that can be associated back to you.' Or to get more specific, 'When you use a VPN connection, we do not store any information that identifies what you browse, view, or do online via that VPN connection.'

VPN privacy policies vary hugely in their detail and quality, but Betternet's is better than most, probably because it uses the same comprehensive document (opens in new tab) as the other VPNs in the Pango group (Hotspot Shield, Betternet, Hexatech, VPN360, and VPN in Touch.) Betternet does not record your activities online in any way that can be tied back to you though it does record some information such as your IP address when you connect (Image credit: Betternet) Privacy

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