PureVPN vs Surfshark

PureVPN has a credible BVI-jurisdiction no-logs policy for VPN traffic, but Facebook Pixel is explicitly listed as an in-app analytics tool (not just a website cookie), the optional Dark Web Monitoring feature hands your Social Security number, passport number, and credit card to a third-party breach firm called SpyCloud, data retention is vaguely described as lasting 'until you remain a subscriber', and a roster of marketing platforms including UseInsider, MixPanel, and Facebook Pixel all receive data about how you use the app.

Surfshark is notably transparent — it publishes specific data retention windows for every processing activity, a warrant canary, and a transparency report — but it temporarily stores your IP address during VPN sessions (deleted within 15 minutes of disconnection), is incorporated in the Netherlands (Nine Eyes jurisdiction), shares data with Nord Security group companies including US entities, stores data in Google BigQuery, and its Alternative Number feature sends call and SMS content to Telnyx in the United States.