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'''[[wikipedia:NordVPN|NordVPN]]''' is a Virtual Private Network service provider owned by [https://nordsecurity.com Nord Security].  NordVPN heavily advertises on popular tech YouTube channels.  NordVPN operates worldwide, with offices in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Poland, Germany, the United States, Lithuania, Switzerland, and Panama.

===Subscription Renewal Practices===

He further notes that NordVPN's PR manager is using a NordVPN e-mail address which is hosted by Google, meaning any e-mail communication with the company over the same channels would be fully exposed to the advertising giant's data collection.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kuketz |first=Mike |date=2025-10-20 |title=NordVPN bestreitet den Einsatz von Trackern – Doch ein App-Mitschnitt zeigt ein anderes Bild [NordVPN denies use of trackers – but an analysis of the app's traffic paints a different picture] |url=https://www.kuketz-blog.de/nordvpn-bestreitet-den-einsatz-von-trackern-doch-ein-app-mitschnitt-zeigt-ein-anderes-bild/ |access-date=2025-10-27 |website=Kuketz IT-Security}}</ref>

In March 2018 one of NordVPN's third party servers located in Finland was breached. According to official accounts<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Why the NordVPN network is safe after a third-party provider breach |url=https://nordvpn.com/blog/official-response-datacenter-breach/ |website=NordVPN}}</ref> the attacker gained access to the server thanks to poor management on the data center part, which shortly after patched the issue but failed to make NordVPN aware of the breach until April 13, 2018.

NordVPN has since taken down the affected server and terminated the contract with the data center. A security plan was later announced as well.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 Oct 2019 |title=How NordVPN will become more secure than ever |url=https://nordvpn.com/blog/security-plan/}}</ref>

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