LEGAL

Terms of Service

Straightforward terms for using The VPN Advisor. No surprises, no legalese.

THE QUICK VERSION

Three things to know up front

If you only read this far, here is the gist.

Plain English, no legalese

If we cannot say it clearly, we rewrite it. These terms are short, specific and free of the usual lawyer-mode jargon.

No subscription traps

The VPN Advisor is free to use. We do not run paid subscriptions. The providers we link to do — verify their own terms before you sign up.

Fair affiliate disclosure

Commissions fund the site. They never buy a higher ranking, and you pay the provider the same price either way.

THE RULES

What you agree to when you use the site

Welcome

These terms apply when you use thevpnadvisor.com or any service we run from it. By visiting the site you accept them. If you do not accept them, please do not use the site — and email us if you think something is unfair.

Acceptance of terms

When you use the site you agree to read at your own risk, to verify any claim on the provider's own page before you act on it, to use the comparisons as guidance rather than financial or legal advice, and to follow the user conduct rules below. We may update these terms — the date at the top changes when we do, and material changes get a notice on-site.

Age requirements

The site is intended for readers 16 and older. If you are under 16 please use it with the permission of a parent or guardian. We do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under 16.

Our services

The VPN Advisor publishes editorial reviews, comparisons and guides. Content is curated and summarised from each provider's own pages, audit reports and reputable third-party reviews. We do not run our own benchmarks — we aggregate the credible sources that do and present the result in plain English.

Service availability

We aim for high uptime, but the site is provided "as is". From time to time we run maintenance, take pages offline for updates, or pause features that need rebuilding. We try to flag this in advance where we can.

User conduct

Please do read, share, link to, and quote our content with attribution. Please don't scrape the site at industrial scale, republish our content as your own, attempt to access non-public parts of the site, post abusive comments, or impersonate the team. Violations get a warning, then a block.

Intellectual property

Our content — the writing, the comparison tables, the guides, the brand — belongs to us. You may quote short excerpts with a link back. You may not copy the site wholesale, sell our content, or use it to train AI without written permission. Provider logos belong to the providers.

Disclaimers

Information accuracy: every claim is checked against the original source, but features and pricing change — always verify on the provider's own page before signing up. Personal recommendations: our suggestions are based on a public rubric; what's right for you depends on your situation. Third-party services: once you click an external link, the provider's own terms apply, not ours.

Affiliate relationships

Some links earn us a commission when you sign up. The commission rate does not change which providers we cover, how they rank, or what we say about them. Our promise: editorial independence, verifiable claims, published corrections, regular refreshes. You pay the provider the same price whether you click our link or theirs.

Limitation of liability

The VPN Advisor provides information, not legal, financial or technical advice. To the extent permitted by law, we are not liable for losses arising from your use of the site, third-party services we link to, decisions you make based on our content, or downtime/data issues outside our control.

Account termination

There are no accounts to terminate. If you have emailed us and want your contact data removed, ask via the contact form and we will wipe it within 30 days. If you abuse the site (scraping, harassment), we reserve the right to block your access.

Governing law & disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales. If you have a complaint, the preferred path is to email us first — most things can be resolved in a single message. Formal disputes are heard in the courts of England and Wales.

Last updated

May 2026.

OUR PROMISE

Four commitments we will not break

The bar we hold ourselves to, on every page we publish.

Editorial independence

Rankings come from a published rubric, not a contract. Commissions never buy a higher score.

Verifiable claims

Every spec links back to the provider's own page or a credible third party. If we can't cite it, we don't say it.

Corrections published

When we get it wrong, we fix the review, timestamp the update, and note what changed.

Refreshed regularly

Pricing, features and policies are rechecked on a rolling basis. Every review carries a last-updated date.