{
 "name": "VPNCompareHQ VPN Use Legality",
 "title": "VPN Use Legality",
 "url": "https://vpncomparehq.com/datasets/vpn-use-legality/",
 "csv": "https://vpncomparehq.com/datasets/vpn-use-legality.csv",
 "markdown": "https://vpncomparehq.com/datasets/vpn-use-legality/index.md",
 "computed_at": "2026-10-20",
 "license": "https://vpncomparehq.com/terms",
 "headline": "The VPN Use Legality carries 1 published figure read from 1 source's own page, from 51 to 51 week, read 17 October 2026.",
 "quotes": [
  "The VPN Use Legality carries 1 published figure read from 1 source's own page, from 51 to 51 week, read 17 October 2026.",
  "2 of the 13 named sources read in full publish a figure; 11 publish none, read 17 October 2026."
 ],
 "citation": "\"VPNCompareHQ VPN Use Legality\", updated 2026-10-20, https://vpncomparehq.com/datasets/vpn-use-legality/.",
 "changed_since": null,
 "national": {
  "unit": "week",
  "n": 1,
  "median": 51,
  "min": 51,
  "max": 51,
  "p25": 51,
  "p75": 51,
  "mean": 51,
  "units": {
   "day": 1,
   "week": 1
  },
  "published_sources": 2,
  "named_sources": 13,
  "read_sources": 13,
  "not_published": 11,
  "published_share": 0.154
 },
 "by_axis": {},
 "rows": [
  {
   "source": "Gambling Act 2005 section 33 (providing facilities for gambling)",
   "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/19/section/33",
   "figure": "51 weeks",
   "value": 51,
   "unit": "week",
   "vat": null,
   "axis": {},
   "retrieved_at": "2026-10-17",
   "quote": "imprisonment for a term not exceeding 51 weeks,",
   "source_class": "primary-government",
   "text_sha256": "dc718da706200a6aea9864d9156422e5e4598ed690e2afecfe96381e1ad47bfc"
  },
  {
   "source": "ACMA: about the Interactive Gambling Act",
   "url": "https://www.acma.gov.au/about-interactive-gambling-act",
   "figure": "14 days",
   "value": 14,
   "unit": "day",
   "vat": null,
   "axis": {},
   "retrieved_at": "2026-10-17",
   "quote": "restrictions on direct marketing of inducements for new account holders for the first 14 days, individuals who have deregistered from BetStop in the last 3 months and all customers identified as at risk of gambling-related harm",
   "source_class": "primary-government",
   "text_sha256": "e515f5ce2923507ad21e6dd891452ecf63939d81f4d0d9d22e5313e2a2280d8f"
  }
 ],
 "not_published": [
  {
   "source": "Gambling Commission LCCP: online licence conditions",
   "url": "https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/licensees-and-businesses/lccp/online",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12",
   "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused"
  },
  {
   "source": "Gambling Commission remote gambling and software technical standards",
   "url": "https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/guidance/remote-gambling-and-software-technical-standards",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12",
   "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused"
  },
  {
   "source": "Gambling Commission public register",
   "url": "https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/public-register",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12",
   "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused"
  },
  {
   "source": "Gambling Act 2005",
   "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/19/contents",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-10-19",
   "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page"
  },
  {
   "source": "Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 section 107",
   "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/107",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12",
   "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page"
  },
  {
   "source": "US Copyright Office: section 512",
   "url": "https://www.copyright.gov/512/",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12",
   "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page"
  },
  {
   "source": "Nevada Gaming Control Board",
   "url": "https://gaming.nv.gov/",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-10-17",
   "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page"
  },
  {
   "source": "Equality Act 2010",
   "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/24/contents",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12",
   "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page"
  },
  {
   "source": "Computer Misuse Act 1990",
   "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/18/contents",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-10-17",
   "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page"
  },
  {
   "source": "Computer Misuse Act 1990 section 1",
   "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/18/section/1",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12",
   "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page"
  },
  {
   "source": "New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement",
   "url": "https://www.nj.gov/oag/ge/",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-10-10",
   "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page"
  }
 ],
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/licensees-and-businesses/lccp/online",
   "label": "Gambling Commission LCCP: online licence conditions",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/guidance/remote-gambling-and-software-technical-standards",
   "label": "Gambling Commission remote gambling and software technical standards",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/public-register",
   "label": "Gambling Commission public register",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/19/contents",
   "label": "Gambling Act 2005",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/19/section/33",
   "label": "Gambling Act 2005 section 33 (providing facilities for gambling)",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/107",
   "label": "Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 section 107",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.copyright.gov/512/",
   "label": "US Copyright Office: section 512",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://gaming.nv.gov/",
   "label": "Nevada Gaming Control Board",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/24/contents",
   "label": "Equality Act 2010",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/18/contents",
   "label": "Computer Misuse Act 1990",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/18/section/1",
   "label": "Computer Misuse Act 1990 section 1",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.acma.gov.au/about-interactive-gambling-act",
   "label": "ACMA: about the Interactive Gambling Act",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.nj.gov/oag/ge/",
   "label": "New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  }
 ],
 "methodology": "Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 2 of the 13 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 11 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 0 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in week (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 10 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per jurisdiction per activity: the statute or licence condition, what it binds (the operator, the customer, or both), and the penalty, quoted verbatim from the regulator or the statute with its effective date; the derivation is the cross-jurisdiction table showing where the duty falls on the OPERATOR and the customer commits no offence against where the customer does - the distinction every consumer guide on this subject blurs",
 "embed": "<figure style=\"margin:0;padding:16px;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;border-radius:8px;background:#ffffff;color:#111111;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;max-width:480px\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-size:28px;font-weight:700;color:#111111;background:#ffffff\">51 to 51 week</p><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-size:14px;color:#111111;background:#ffffff\">1 published figures, VPN Use Legality, across 1 source, read 17 October 2026</p><figcaption style=\"font-size:12px;color:#444444;background:#ffffff\"><a href=\"https://vpncomparehq.com/datasets/vpn-use-legality/#median\" style=\"color:#1a4fd6;background:#ffffff\">Source: VPNCompareHQ VPN Use Legality</a></figcaption></figure>"
}
