how's it going everybody welcome back and today we're going to be comparing the logging policies
and user data storage of both expressvpn and nordvpn so before again if you guys are interested
in any of these vpns you'll find links to special deals and discounts in the description down below
as well as full reviews if you'd like to learn more about these vpns so both expressvpn and nor
vpn have strict no logging policies and they do not store identifiable user data that means none
of your online activities can be traced back to you and especially with expressvpn this has been
exemplified in the 2017 case where the turkish authorities seized an express
vpn server forcefully of course as part of an investigation with regards to the assassination
of russian ambassador at the time and of course thanks to the express vpn no logging policy
they were not able to extract any information with regards to the person they were investigating who
apparently used expressvpn to hide his gmail now almost all vpns claim to have a strict no
logging policy and nordvpn and expressvpn are no different but i was confused about what that
really means when i dug deeper into other services privacy policies i found that some record users ip
addresses browsing history and more i don't like the idea of vpns keeping such extensive private
data to me it sounds like they want to sell my information to advertisers which is totally
against why i want to use a vpn in the first place so i investigated both expressvpn and nordvpn's
policies and discovered that they mean it when they say they don't keep any logs specifically
of course with expressvpn with the turkish example or incident that i mentioned not to mention that
they are both actually audited fully audited they have their no log policies uh audited by uh
pricewaterhousecoopers and uh yeah both nordvpn and expressvpn resulted in very good standings
with regards to the results and conclusions of such audits neither provider records your
ip address dns queries browsing history traffic destination or file downloads and uploads the only
slight difference is that expressvpn logs your account id connection date not time amount of data
transferred and location connected to and from since this can't be linked back to you i don't
think it's a big deal and with regards to linking back to the information of course expressvpn uses
shared ips this is you know good vpns will do that they use shared ips so uh you'll have many users
using the same ip so nothing can truly be linked back to one specific user even if information were
to be extracted not just that expressvpn uses trusted servers which are ram based servers
nordvpn does use that to some extent but not all the servers whereas expressvpn's servers their
entire server network uses ram servers instead of hard drives so there's literally just no physical
drive to store data in very little data is stored on rams and everything on a ram drive
will be erased with every machine reboot which happen quite often and of course there's perfect
forward secrecy and what perfect forward secrecy does is that it resets the keys for every session
uh right about 60 minutes so even if a hacker was able to crack one of your sessions all they will
be getting is 60 minutes of data since the keys to your sessions while you're in express vpn servers
are always being scrambled and reset and as i mentioned before both vpns are very serious about
their no log policies that they have undergone independent audits by cyber security experts
multiple independent audits in fact most vpn providers really will not be willing let's say to
put their network and reputation under such heavy scrutiny whereas expressvpn and nordvpn
never really shied away from that and were verified by pricewaterhousecoopers
that their no logging practices are consistent with their policies especially in expressvpn's
case with the real life example which constitutes further evidence that you can trust expressvpn's
no logging policy now with regards to user data storage both vpns store some basic information
about you like your email address name and payment method which is very standard in order to process
payments and such because they allow to renew your subscription to prevent service
interruptions and of course you are still able to pay through cryptocurrency so if that's something
you're interested in it is an available option and even if you just go through the
basic credit card payment method none of this data can be linked back to what you do online however
if you want to stay 100 anonymous you can use a fake email address and pay for either service with
a prepaid card or cryptocurrencies ultimately when it comes to logging policy and user data storage
i think both expressvpn and nordvpn show exemplary behavior when it comes to their logging policies
and user data storage and of course upholding the integrity of their privacy policies so again
if you guys are interested in any of these vpns you'll find links to special deals and discounts
in the description down below as well as full reviews i'll give you more of an in-depth look
into the privacy policies speed stream and turning capabilities as well as security and features
besides that keep in mind that you are able to uh get yourself a refund within the first 30 days all
you have to do is go to their website as i am right here hover over the bottom right both in
express and nordvpn and you'll be able to access actually just go to nordvpn right here you'll be
able to access the live chat support it really is as simple as that and you can ask them for your
refund or whatever other question you might be having or trouble with your vpn client besides
that thank you guys very much for watching and i'll see you in the next one have a wonderful day