<s>
Private	B-Application
Internet	I-Application
Access	I-Application
(	O
PIA	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
personal	O
VPN	B-Application
service	I-Application
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
connect	O
to	O
multiple	O
locations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gox	O
CEO	O
Mark	O
Karpelès	O
was	O
named	O
chief	O
technology	O
officer	O
of	O
PIA	O
's	O
parent	O
company	O
,	O
London	B-Application
Trust	I-Application
Media	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2019	O
,	O
Private	B-Application
Internet	I-Application
Access	I-Application
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Kape	O
Technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CEO	O
of	O
Private	B-Application
Internet	I-Application
Access	I-Application
(	O
and	O
its	O
parent	O
company	O
,	O
London	B-Application
Trust	I-Application
Media	I-Application
,	I-Application
Inc	I-Application
.	I-Application
)	O
is	O
Ted	O
Kim	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
was	O
founded	O
by	O
Andrew	B-Application
Lee	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lee	O
started	O
the	O
company	O
PIA	O
because	O
he	O
wanted	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
prevent	O
Internet	B-Protocol
Relay	I-Protocol
Chat	I-Protocol
from	O
revealing	O
IP	O
addresses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
18	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
Private	B-Application
Internet	I-Application
Access	I-Application
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
merged	O
into	O
Kape	O
Technologies	O
,	O
which	O
operates	O
three	O
competing	O
VPN	B-Application
services	I-Application
,	O
Cyberghost	O
,	O
ExpressVPN	B-Application
and	O
Zenmate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
users	O
objected	O
to	O
the	O
acquisition	O
,	O
as	O
Kape	O
(	O
under	O
its	O
former	O
name	O
,	O
Crossrider	O
)	O
previously	O
developed	O
browser	B-Protocol
toolbars	I-Protocol
bundled	O
with	O
potentially	B-Application
unwanted	I-Application
programs	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Founded	O
in	O
2010	O
,	O
Private	B-Application
Internet	I-Application
Access	I-Application
was	O
formed	O
under	O
parent	O
company	O
London	B-Application
Trust	I-Application
Media	I-Application
and	O
entrepreneur	O
Andrew	B-Application
Lee	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goal	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
is	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
“	O
next	O
VPN	B-Application
”	O
and	O
to	O
do	O
this	O
they	O
open-sourced	O
their	O
client	O
software	O
code	O
for	O
everyone	O
to	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
merging	O
with	O
Kape	O
Technologies	O
,	O
Private	B-Application
Internet	I-Application
Access	I-Application
became	O
one	O
of	O
many	O
privacy	O
software	O
products	O
offered	O
by	O
the	O
corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
with	O
Private	B-Application
Internet	I-Application
Access	I-Application
,	O
Kape	O
also	O
offers	O
Cyberghost	O
,	O
Intego	O
,	O
Webselenese	O
and	O
Restoro	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
purchasing	O
various	O
other	O
VPN	B-Application
services	I-Application
,	O
Kape	O
Technologies	O
purchased	O
Private	B-Application
Internet	I-Application
Access	I-Application
in	O
order	O
to	O
"	O
aggressively	O
expand	O
their	O
footprint	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
2021	O
review	O
from	O
TechRadar	O
,	O
Private	B-Application
Internet	I-Application
Access	I-Application
was	O
given	O
a	O
four	O
out	O
five	O
star	O
rating	O
and	O
described	O
as	O
being	O
"	O
A	O
likeable	O
VPN	B-Application
which	O
gives	O
you	O
plenty	O
for	O
your	O
money	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
review	O
,	O
its	O
most	O
notable	O
features	O
include	O
removing	O
restrictions	O
from	O
streaming	O
services	O
such	O
as	O
Netflix	O
,	O
Amazon	B-Application
Prime	I-Application
Video	I-Application
and	O
Disney+	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tom	O
's	O
Guide	O
found	O
PIA	O
's	O
speeds	O
to	O
be	O
average	O
among	O
VPN	B-Application
services	I-Application
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
a	O
third-party	O
audit	O
would	O
improve	O
the	O
service	O
's	O
credibility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
December	O
2021	O
test	O
,	O
PCMag	O
determined	O
that	O
PIA	O
reduced	O
"	O
download	O
and	O
upload	O
speeds	O
by	O
just	O
10.9	O
%	O
and	O
19.4	O
%	O
,	O
respectively	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
the	O
smallest	O
speed	O
reduction	O
among	O
VPNs	B-Application
tested	O
by	O
the	O
publication	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2022	O
,	O
PIA	O
invited	O
Deloitte	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
big	O
four	O
auditing	O
firms	O
,	O
to	O
examine	O
its	O
no	O
logs	O
policy	O
and	O
VPN	B-Application
server	I-Application
network	O
.	O
</s>
