The company says it may collect data including 'browser type, web pages you visit, time spent on those pages, access times and dates.' Hola's privacy policy explains how free users are logged. This is great for catching hackers, but it also requires more monitoring and logging than you'll see with standard VPNs. The company says it monitors some of what users are doing on the network, and that it can track back to identify the origin of any request it considers as 'misuse' or part of a 'security breach'. Some VPN networks don't see both ends of the connection, and are therefore much more attractive for these uses." This makes Hola VPN un-attractive to abusers. ![]() In addition, architecture modifications allow Hola VPN to see the origin of each request, thus if a cybercriminal were to use the Hola VPN network, the cybercriminal's information may be passed on to the authorities. "Hola VPN regularly monitors the consumer network for traces of misuse or security breaches. Here's an interesting section from Hola's FAQ: Hola's model of routing data through its users might seem a better way to protect your privacy, but it's not quite that simple. Most VPNs route your traffic through their own servers, in theory giving them an opportunity to log some of what you're doing. We'll keep an eye on this situation, though, and will update this review when any new details emerge. This clearly has to be a concern, but as Google hasn't accused Hola of anything, let alone provided any evidence, we're not going to consider it as a privacy or security issue in this review. The Hola site mentions that, but doesn't explain it. ![]() Hola's Android app isn't available on the Play Store right now, either. In fact, to the best of our knowledge, it meets or exceeds all of the Chrome store’s policies and guidelines. Hola responded: "Make no mistake, the Hola extension does NOT contain malware, does not display ads, and above all, respects user privacy. We've seen no official statement from Google on why this happened, and even Hola says it has 'no idea' of the cause, beyond a Chrome store warning that it contained 'malware'. Google removed Hola's extension from the Chrome store in September 2021. Hola's extension was removed from the Chrome store in September 2021 (Image credit: Hola) Google and Hola
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