VPNs Do Not Stop Website Breaches

VPNs can encrypt network traffic, obscure IP addresses, and reduce monitoring by internet service providers and advertisers, but they cannot protect personal information that users submit directly to websites.

Payment details, credentials, email addresses, and identity data may still be retained, analyzed, shared, or exposed in breaches. Expanding age-verification requirements could increase the amount of sensitive information collected and stored, making data-minimization and account-security practices more important.