Payment to VPN Company - Do They Only Know Payment Transaction Details Only?

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Payment to VPN Company - Do They Only Know Payment Transaction Details Only as the Product Doesn’t Need to Be ‘Delivered to an Address’ (Does it Include Personal details - Name and Address)?

I buy a lot of physical products and use Paypal to check out where possible, so the company knows my name and address so they know who/where to send it too (which is understandable). Once Paypal is selected from the checkout, it goes to the Paypal login page to continue with the payment.

If I was to purchase a VPN subscription using Paypal, do they know my personal details (name and address) or just the Paypal payment transaction details like transaction ID and amount paid?

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This isn’t so much a VPN question as it is a PayPal question. You’re asking what information about the buyer does PayPal provide to sellers (or law enforcement, etc.) for transactions that do not involve physical goods.

https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full#5

For more anonymity, you can pay with cryptocurrency (Bitcoin, etc.) if the VPN provider accepts that form of payment. Cryptocurrency is like digital cash. However, cryptocurrency exchanges are often legally regulated to require personal information in order to curtail things like money laundering.