Earlier this year in May, the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) held a discussion at RightsCon in Toronto with popular VPN service providers: IVPN, Mullvad, TunnelBear, VyprVPN, and ExpressVPN. They together formulated a list of eight questions that describes the basic commitments VPNs can make to signal their trustworthiness and positive reputation which is called Signals of Trustworthy VPNs.
CDT is a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit organization which aims to strengthen individual rights and freedom by defining, promoting, and influencing technology policy and the architecture of the internet.
The goal of these questions is to improve transparency among VPN services and to help resources like That One Privacy Site and privacytools.io provide better comparisons between different services.
Additionally, it will provide a way for users to easily compare privacy, security, and data use practices of VPNs. This initiative will also encourage VPNs to deploy measures that will meaningfully improve the privacy and security of individuals using their services.
The questions that they have come up with tries to provide users clarity in three areas:
You can find the entire list of the questions at CDT’s official website.
The following are few of the best practices for VPN providers in order to build trust in their users:
To know more about the CDT’s recommendations and the eight questions, check out their official website.
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