Security of data is an important aspect of modern life, but it’s often ignored. Data breaches can compromise your privacy and can lead to financial loss regardless of whether it’s a breach of your personal bank account or the marketing database of your business.
A VPN is a tool that helps safeguard your business and personal information. By encrypting the online activity, it makes it impossible for anyone to track your data or metadata. This is achieved by securing the data into an unreadable fragment and only your device or VPN server has the key to decrypt it into a readable format.
If you’ve had the misfortune of logging into your bank account while in an hotel or when you purchased products from your favorite site using public Wi-Fi, it is likely that your personal information has been made available to cybercriminals. A VPN protects your browsing information as well as private information by creating an encrypted tunnel through which data can travel.
Every data transmission over the internet is separated into packets that carry different kinds of information, like your IP address and the website you’re visiting. When you connect to a VPN the packets of your information are wrapped in an outer layer of encryption that’s virtually impenetrable to hackers. A VPN hides your IP address as well as encrypting data. This stops identity thieves from linking your search and browsing activities to your real name and even your location.
