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You can't always get what you want: the eternal conflict between lawful access and privacy

By mirimir | Posted on April 19, 2018

In late March, the US Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act (CLOUD Act) took effect. And predictably, the US Supreme Court just dismissed United States v. Microsoft Corp. In that case, Microsoft was fighting a subpoena for data stored in an Irish data center.

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Collection of User Data by ISPs and Telecom Providers, and Sharing with Third Parties

By mirimir | Posted on March 15, 2018

There are some age-old questions among Internet users, especially those concerned about privacy. Basically, “Is my ISP watching me?”, and “Is it sharing data about my online activity, such as search and browsing history, with third parties?

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Are Anti-Malware products Uploading Your Private Data?

By mirimir | Posted on July 14, 2017

Given that you’re reading this on IVPN’s website, you probably care about online privacy. And you probably use VPN services to hide your online activity from ISPs. That’s prudent, because ISPs clearly spy on their customers.

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Posts by mirimir

You can't always get what you want: the eternal conflict between lawful access and privacy

Collection of User Data by ISPs and Telecom Providers, and Sharing with Third Parties

Are Anti-Malware products Uploading Your Private Data?

IVPN acquires Safing, operator of Portmaster and the SPN network

IVPN web infrastructure security audit concluded

IVPN preparing for 6th annual security audit

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