Hotspot Shield claims to be a no-logging VPN provider. However, looking at its privacy policy, we find that it collects the following data points from its users:
Session durations
Domains accessed by users (claimed to be anonymized data)
Device hashes
User IP addresses
The second item on the list is particularly worrying. HSS should rethink some of its data collection. Let’s hope it becomes a bit leaner moving forward, as HSS collects more than most well-established VPN providers.
Have a look at our complete Hotspot Shield review for more details.