Norton has been synonymous with digital security for four decades, known since 1991 for its antivirus expertise.
It has subsequently evolved into an one-stop-shop cybersecurity solution, offering a range of tools designed to keep customers’ devices, personal data, and identities secure online.
Norton VPN seamlessly integrates antivirus know-how and VPN technology, meaning it’s an essential tool for anyone who wants robust digital protection.
And Norton hasn’t rested on its laurels. As we explore below, this product boasts a variety of additional features to halt cybercriminals in their tracks, reduce the likelihood of data leaks, and keep you and your family safe online.
1. Protecting your privacy with independently audited no-log policy
A VPN provider that claims to follow a no-logs policy is great, but until an independent auditor has confirmed it's delivering on its privacy promises, they lack legitimacy.
Dedicated to delivering a transparent and trustworthy service, Norton VPN brings in cybersecurity experts VerSprite to review its systems each year.
After inviting them back in 2025, VerSprite rated Norton VPN’s privacy impact “none” — the best possible outcome, and demonstrating improvement from the previous year’s “low” rating.
The audit confirmed that Norton VPN doesn’t store or track your browsing history, IP addresses, or DNS queries. Norton has stated that it keeps “minimal data” and details exactly what this consists of, why it’s needed, and how long it stays on their system.
This data is largely for operational purposes: email addresses and payment information to process subscriptions, in addition to service data like “connection events” and “user-generated crash reports” that optimize the running of the service and improve user experience. Most importantly, none of this data correlates to any individual’s online activity.
Having an outside organization rubber stamp the VPN’s privacy policy keeps it accountable and gives customers the confidence that it won’t pass on your web history for profit. Building on this ethos of openness, Norton VPN also issues a quarterly transparency report detailing the number of requests received from government agencies to view users’ account activity.
But, since Norton VPN isn’t designed to capture your browsing history or IP address, there’s literally nothing to hand over — ensuring your data remains private.
2. Offering IP Rotation and Double VPN features with all plans
This year saw the introduction of IP Rotation and Double VPN: two Norton VPN features not yet standard across providers and that deploy extra layers of security to further flummox cyber snoops.
Want to restrict your digital footprint? IP Rotation lets you cycle through different IP addresses at regular intervals. Third parties, like advertisers or government bodies, require a stable IP address to build a profile of your browsing habits, but IP Rotation disrupts this endeavor by repeatedly changing your IP (without a drop in connection).
This feature makes it difficult for anyone to link your web traffic to a single source. By extension, that means you're less vulnerable if an organization that has been tracking your activity suffers a data breach. IP Rotation can also help dodge cyberattacks that need a fixed IP address to execute their malign manoeuvres.
Meanwhile, Double VPN (also known as a “multi-hop” VPN) further safeguards your anonymity. As it’s name suggests, it routes your internet connection through two servers, encrypting web traffic twice and masking your IP address a second time.
Again, this makes it challenging to correlate your device details and location with your browsing activity, given that the first server only registers your IP address, and the second server just the final web destination.
That makes it an effective buffer against hackers, marketing companies, and ISPs that might siphon off information you’d rather keep to yourself.
Available with Norton VPN Standard, Plus and Ultimate plans
3. Monitoring the dark web for online peace of mind
The dark web is a unregulated part of the net that, while it has legitimate uses, is infamous for criminal activity. All kinds of compromised data ends up here: financial information, passwords, driver’s license, social security numbers. Sometimes that’s the result of phishing scams and malware; sometimes, it’s just the unassuming act of doing your shopping online.
Luckily, Norton VPN offers dark web monitoring: an automated feature that scans the dark web for data leaks and alerts VPN users should it locate your information. These warnings allow people to take action, and proactively update passwords or freeze bank accounts so that they can limit the damage caused by fraudsters and identity thieves.
It’s another tool in Norton VPN’s extensive arsenal aimed at keeping you safe online. It’s not one you’d typically find packaged with your average VPN, but rather, made as a separate product, or available on a VPN client’s most premium tier.
So, combined with Norton’s impressive suite of security-boosting features (among them AI-powered scam protection), it’s a pleasing reminder that Norton leaves no stone unturned when it comes to online security.
Available with Norton VPN Plus and Ultimate plans
4. Preventing password puzzlement with a dedicated manager
Whether you’re aware of it or not, almost all of us have access to a password manager, even if it’s just of the free (not very secure) variety that comes with a web browser.
Utilizing a good one is pretty essential in our age of rising identity fraud, because weak or repeated passwords are akin to handing hackers the keys to your digital doorstep.
Bundled in with Norton VPN's more premium tiers is the company’s own password manager.
It makes generating unique, complex passwords a breeze, while organizing them all in a centralized, encrypted vault that you can access with just a single password. By offloading the burden of password management to this humble app, you significantly reduce the risk of confidential resources being compromised, for example, your crypto wallet being pried open or your bank accounts being cleared out.
This utility isn’t often integrated as part of a VPN service. More commonly, it’s an afterthought, a separate though complimentary product. So its inclusion with Norton VPN is additional proof that Norton believes in a multi-layered approach to online safety, whose tools empower customers to embark on digital life confidently.
Available with Norton VPN Plus and Ultimate plans
5. Helping you protect your whole family with extra tools
Norton VPN has family life covered, too.
It's integrated a range of parental controls into its Ultimate subscription, emboldening adults to safeguard their children online. This tier lets you download the service on to a maximum of 10 devices — double the amount available with the Plus and Standard plans. That should be enough for households to install the app on multiple devices (PCs, tablets, phones) for each dependent.
So, in addition to the protection offered by Norton VPN’s antivirus, IP masking, and data encryption technology, you get a whole subset of controls granting users oversight of their kids' online activity: monitoring internet use, tracking their location, and supporting them to navigate the web responsibly.
These supervision tools detail the websites they’ve visited, the apps they’ve downloaded, and any YouTube videos they’ve viewed. Should you notice they’ve stumbled upon unsuitable material, it provides the option to block specific web addresses, while filtering tools include the ability to remove adult-oriented content from search results.
For added peace of mind, the Ultimate plan can keep tabs on your kids' location too. You can follow the GPS of their Android or iOS devices, with Location Supervisor recording a history of their movements over the last 30 days. It’s also possible to get alerts when they arrive or leave any given address, so you can relax knowing they’ve safely reached their destination.
Available with Norton VPN Ultimate only
We test and review VPN services in the context of legal recreational uses. For example: 1. Accessing a service from another country (subject to the terms and conditions of that service). 2. Protecting your online security and strengthening your online privacy when abroad. We do not support or condone the illegal or malicious use of VPN services. Consuming pirated content that is paid-for is neither endorsed nor approved by Future Publishing.
