Since our Privacy Policy is just a few hundred words shy of 3k, we thought you might appreciate a short &amp. easy breakdown. These highlighted bits will do precisely that!. Note: the framed explanations aren’t legally binding and are meant to help you understand the legal language. We may choose to update this policy at our discretion, so you should check this page periodically as the terms may change from time to time. Your continued use of the Website and our Services will constitute your acknowledgment of the policy in its current version and your understanding of the terms of the policy.  1. What information is collected? We’re based in the British Virgin Islands, which allows us to keep our VPN logs-free. We don’t collect any information that could lead us to know who you are or what you’re up to online. Surfshark respects your privacy, therefore we are committed to not process any data related to the online activity of our users. Surfshark is based in the British Virgin Islands, which does not require data storage or reporting.  We do not collect IP addresses To fully use Surfshark Services, you will need to create a user account. We need your email address to create and manage your account, to provide customer service, whether it’s responding to a request or following up on an order, and to market products and Services that may be of interest to you. We also support anonymous payment methods (you can purchase the Services with cryptocurrency). If you make payments using our third-party payment service providers, all payment data you provide will rest with them. To maintain a perfect quality of our Services and provide you with efficient support we collect diagnostics information and monitor crash reports on our apps. The information we collect contain aggregated performance data, the frequency of use of our Services, unsuccessful connection attempts and other similar information. As you probably already understood, the data collected for diagnostic purposes does not contain uniquely identifiable information. We use tools like Google Analytics to keep our website working and to do marketing. You can opt out of this, too - but on Google’s terms. In addition, when you visit our Website, we may also retain your IP address, a unique identifier for your computer or other access device.  When you use our app, we may collect advertising identifiers – unique, user-resettable IDs for advertising, provided by third parties (e. g. Google Play). Advertising IDs are used for marketing purposes and user analytics and are not connected to user’s personal information.  You can reset your identifier or opt out of personalized ads by adjusting your device settings. Please be aware, however, that when you choose to reject cookies, this choice may limit the functionality of the Website and you may lose access to some of its features.  A web beacon is an invisible pixel-sized graphic image on a web page, web-based document or e-mail message. It helps us do things like view the URL of the page on which the beacon appears and the time the Website, document or email in question is viewed. They can be used to confirm the receipt of, and response to, our emails, including those that you forward to friends and family. and they help deliver a more personalized online experience.    We use third-party service providers to help handle parts of our business. These parties will only use the minimum amount of your data as specified above in Clause 1 for the purpose of carrying out the work as agreed with us. Such service providers are:  Marketing service providers – we use them to manage our contacts and automate our marketing. Third-party payment providers – they help us to process payments together with our own authorized payment processing companies. Storage ad infrastructure providers and Ads service providers – they help us to deliver targeted advertising to the Website visitors. We do not sell or trade your data with anyone. Those who wish to opt-out from receiving emails will have their address removed within 1-10 days of receipt of their request to opt-out or to unsubscribe at support@surfshark.com or by clicking “unsubscribe” at the bottom of any correspondence If you want your information edited or your account permanently deleted, email us at support@surfshark.com. By using our Website or our Services, you hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts of British Virgin Islands any claim or matter arising under or in connection with the Website or our Services. If you request, we will delete your information specified in Clause 1, unless, we are legally required to maintain certain personal data, including situations such as the following:  If there is an unresolved issue relating to your account, such as an outstanding credit on your account or an unresolved claim or dispute we will retain the necessary information about you until the issue is resolved; Where we are required to retain the information about you for our legal, tax, audit, and accounting obligations, we will retain only the necessary information for the period required by applicable law. and/or, Where necessary for our legitimate business interests such as fraud prevention or to maintain the security of our users.  Does our Website respond to do-not-track signals? Currently, it doesn’t. You can tweak your specific browser settings to achieve very similar things. At this time Surfshark does not recognize automated browser signals regarding tracking mechanisms, which may include ‘do-not-track’ instructions.  We have implemented various security measures, including SSL/TLS encryption for data transfers, hashed passwords, firewalls, and regular audits. What age do I have to be to use the Services? 18 or older.  This Privacy Policy and our privacy practices will be subject exclusively to the laws of the British Virgin Islands. By using our Website or our Services, you hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts of British Virgin Islands any claim or matter arising under or in connection with the Website or our Services. Your information as specified in Clause 1 may be stored and processed in any country where we have facilities or in which we engage service providers. When was this policy last updated? Keep in mind that we can update this Policy in the future &amp. check it regularly.  May 4, 2020. 

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The terms for this service are easy to read.  Terms may be changed any time at their discretion, without notice to the user . Instead of asking directly, this Service will assume your consent merely from your usage.. The service provides details about what kinds of personal information they collect. Only necessary user logs are kept by the service to ensure quality. The court of law governing the terms is in a jurisdiction that is friendlier to user privacy protection.. IP addresses of website visitors are not tracked. You must create an account to use this service. This service may use your personal information for marketing purposes. This service offers an anonymous payment method. Third parties are involved in operating the service. Your personal data is aggregated into statistics. This service uses third-party cookies for statistics. This service collects your IP address, which can be used to view your approximate location. Tracking via advertising identifiers. You can opt out of targeted advertising. Blocking cookies may limit your ability to use the service. The service may use tracking pixels, web beacons, browser fingerprinting, and/or device fingerprinting on users.. Tracking pixels are used in service-to-user communication. The service uses your personal data to employ targeted third-party advertising. This service does not sell your personal data. You can opt out of promotional communications. You can delete your content from this service. Users agree to comply with the law of the service's country. This service may keep personal data after a request for erasure for business interests or legal obligations. This service ignores the Do Not Track (DNT) header and tracks users anyway even if they set this header.. This service ignores the Do Not Track (DNT) header and tracks users anyway even if they set this header.. The user is informed about security practices. This service is only available to users of a certain age. The court of law governing the terms is in location British Virgin Islands. . The court of law governing the terms is in location X. Your data may be processed and stored anywhere in the world. There is a date of the last update of the terms.