{
  "slug": "ivpn",
  "category": "vpns",
  "name": "IVPN",
  "description": "VPN service from Gibraltar with random account IDs, no email at sign-up, cash and Monero payment, and open-source apps.",
  "website": "https://www.ivpn.net",
  "source": "https://github.com/ivpn/desktop-app",
  "license": "GPL-3.0",
  "platforms": [],
  "jurisdiction": {
    "code": "GI",
    "name": "Gibraltar",
    "eyes": null,
    "eu": false,
    "gdpr": true,
    "cloud_act": null
  },
  "pick": false,
  "pick_reason": null,
  "disclosure": null,
  "grade": "B",
  "score": 75,
  "coverage": 100,
  "summary": "IVPN scores 75 out of 100 (grade B) on the VPN providers criteria. It meets 7 of 12 criteria: no ads or data sales, independent audit, transparency report, tells users about requests, anonymous payment, open-source apps and modern protocols. It partly meets open source, no trackers or telemetry, TLS configuration, security headers and audited no-logs policy. It is based in Gibraltar: Not in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes; GDPR-style data protection law. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A- and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade B+.",
  "url": "https://privacyratings.com/vpns/ivpn/",
  "markdown": "https://privacyratings.com/vpns/ivpn/index.md",
  "answers": {
    "open_source": {
      "title": "Open source",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://github.com/ivpn/desktop-app/blob/master/LICENSE.md",
      "note": "Apps are open source under GPL-3.0. The server side is not."
    },
    "no_trackers": {
      "title": "No trackers or telemetry",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://www.ivpn.net/en/privacy/",
      "note": "Website analytics use self-hosted Matomo, and mobile crash reports go to IVPN servers and can be turned off. No third-party trackers."
    },
    "no_ads": {
      "title": "No ads or data sales",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://www.ivpn.net/en/pricing/",
      "note": "Funded by paid plans. No ads."
    },
    "independent_audit": {
      "title": "Independent audit",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://cure53.de/pentest-report_IVPN_2024.pdf",
      "note": "Full public Cure53 report on the customer website and servers. Audits are repeated yearly."
    },
    "transparency_report": {
      "title": "Transparency report",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://www.ivpn.net/en/transparency-report/",
      "note": "Yearly counts of requests received, valid requests and requests where data was provided."
    },
    "user_notice": {
      "title": "Tells users about requests",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://www.ivpn.net/en/legal-process-guidelines/",
      "note": "The legal process guidelines promise to notify users unless notice is prohibited."
    },
    "tls": {
      "title": "TLS configuration",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=www.ivpn.net&hideResults=on",
      "note": "Grade A-"
    },
    "security_headers": {
      "title": "Security headers",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/observatory/analyze?host=www.ivpn.net",
      "note": "Grade B+ (80/100+)"
    },
    "web_standards": {
      "title": "Modern web standards",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "pending",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Not tested yet."
    },
    "no_logs_audited": {
      "title": "Audited no-logs policy",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://cure53.de/audit-report_ivpn.pdf",
      "note": "The Cure53 no-logs audit is older than three years. Later audits focus on security."
    },
    "anonymous_payment": {
      "title": "Anonymous payment",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://www.ivpn.net/en/pricing/",
      "note": "No email is needed. Cash, Monero and Bitcoin are accepted."
    },
    "open_source_clients": {
      "title": "Open-source apps",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://github.com/ivpn",
      "note": "Android, iOS and desktop apps are open source under GPL-3.0."
    },
    "modern_protocols": {
      "title": "Modern protocols",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://www.ivpn.net/en/wireguard/",
      "note": "WireGuard is supported, with post-quantum key exchange in the apps."
    }
  },
  "tests": {
    "ssllabs": "A-",
    "observatory": "B+",
    "internetnl_web": null,
    "internetnl_mail": null,
    "trackers": [],
    "tested_at": "2026-10-01T07:01:22.587Z"
  },
  "last_modified": "2026-10-01T07:44:20Z"
}