Netflix vs Mullvad VPN
Based on our analysis, Mullvad VPN is the more privacy-respecting choice overall.
BACK →| Category | Netflix | Mullvad VPN |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | C+ · 58/100 | A · 93/100 |
| What they collect | Mixed (52) | Positive (95) |
| Who they share it with | Mixed (50) | Positive (92) |
| What you can do | Mixed (62) | Positive (85) |
| What they promise | Mixed (60) | Positive (90) |
Netflix collects detailed viewing behaviour, device fingerprints, and advertising data — including interests inferred by third-party ad companies from your activity across the internet — to serve behavioural ads on its ad-supported tier. Controls are reasonably accessible, but retention timelines are vague, Do Not Track is ignored, and the breadth of the ad-tech ecosystem is larger than you might expect from a subscription service.
View full analysis →Mullvad collects almost nothing — no account names, no activity logs, no IP retention — and the policy is short because there's genuinely very little to say; what little data does get processed (payments, support emails) has hard, specific deletion windows and never leaves the EU.
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