Are proprietary VPNs the future for online privacy?

As the cost and impact of data breaches, from Equifax to Cambridge Analytica, continues to make headline news, the idea of personal data privacy has moved to the forefront of mainstream thinking for the first time.
In the US, this was prompted by the Trump administration’s decision to repeal online privacy protections in 2017. As people realised that companies could now sell their personal information without permission, the attitude around privacy moved on from ‘I have nothing to hi