CyberGhost Reports on The State of Transparency in 2015

Famed VPN company CyberGhost has released its annual transparency report. The company’s assessment contains not only statistics, but sentiments on the current state of VPN, and “influence of wealth on privacy in various regions of the world; encryption as a digital weapon in the 21st century and other relevant information about privacy.” All quotes in this article originate from CyberGhost’s Transparency Report.

The numbers

In terms of safety and misbehavior within CyberGhost, a three sided division is used, just like in the case of most legal bodies. For DMCA complaints, there has been a significant decrease – 21% overall. Police requests were also sparser by about 24%, with only six per month average. However, there has been a 310% increase to about 400 per month in malware and other “malicious activities.” Thus, it seems that petty wrongdoers were more common during 2015. In our opinion, this can be partially attributed to the fact that CyberGhost now works with one and a half times more customers than in 2014. Another important factor is that laws governing internet access and content have become more strict during the last five years. CyberGhost is determined to illustrate the harmful effect of politics on internet privacy.

Staying true to privacy rights

The company’s IP addresses that have come under attack from wrongdoers who were not customers were treated specifically. Most often, access to the addresses themselves was blocked. CyberGhost emphasizes that there is still a lack of action taken against any form of online misbehavior by “tech companies and industry leaders.” Building on the basic human right of Right to Privacy, CyberGhost continues not to keep logs of their customers’ actions and aligns itself with democratic ideals.