TunnelBear is operated by McAfee (acquired TunnelBear in 2018; operating entity TunnelBear LLC) and based in Canada. The register records 8 independent audits (7 with a linked report), 0 incidents and no verified prices.
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Verified facts
Checked 28 Sept 2026ActiveFrom the vendor's own pages, auditors' reports and named news outlets. Not our measurements.
Owner
McAfee (acquired TunnelBear in 2018; operating entity TunnelBear LLC) sourceUltimate owner: not established from a primary source
TunnelBear says it collects only minimal operational data and keeps no login timestamps or logs of user activity. sourceThis is the vendor's claim, paraphrased. An audit below is what tests it.
Independent audits
Cure537 Aug 2017First public consumer VPN audit (blog date) report
Cure5323 Oct 20182nd annual audit (blog date) report
Cure5328 Jan 20203rd annual audit (blog date) report
Cure5331 May 20214th annual audit (blog date) report
Cure5319 May 20236th annual audit (blog date) report
Cure5314 Feb 20247th annual audit, 2023 work Oct-Dec: apps, website, VPN infrastructure, backend (43 days) report
Cure5324 Nov 20258th annual audit, 2024 work Oct-Nov: apps, backend, APIs, data handling (44 days); report link not on post vendor page(report not linked)
Incidents
None found in the sources checked. This is not an exhaustive search.
Transparency report
Not verified from a primary source
Open-source apps
Not verified from a primary source
RAM-only servers
Not verified from a primary source
Refund window
30-day money-back guarantee, first year of annual subscriptions bought directly from tunnelbear.com; otherwise non-refundable except at TunnelBear's discretion source
Price per month
No prices verified
Not verified
ultimateOwner and current ownership (McAfee status after 2018, sale/rebrand) unverified; TunnelBear pages name only TunnelBear LLC.
Plans: pricing page JS-rendered; only "from $3.33/mo" (term unstated) and Teams $5.75/user/mo seen; 1-month, 1-year, 2-year all null (plans empty).
Transparency report, open-source clients, RAM-only: not verified.
Incidents: none verified (no search of news done).
Audit dates are blog publication dates; 2025 post covers audit done Oct-Nov 2024; no 8th report PDF link.
To check current terms, go to TunnelBear's own site.
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