Need a VPN for Wisconsin? These deals are available right now just in time for Black Friday

Date:
Mon, 10 Nov 2025 11:13:38 +0000

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Maintain your online freedom (and privacy) with these discounted VPNs

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The rollout of age verification laws is one of 2025s biggest digital privacy stories particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom.

The restrictions are in place to protect children from accessing "adult-only" sites, but privacy advocates have warned that handing out personal
information to third parties to access sensitive content could create more problems than it solves.

To protect their data and digital privacy, people are increasingly turning to VPNs. Unsurprisingly, though, lawmakers in Wisconsin arent pleased about it and have drafted a bill (called Wisconsin AB 105/SB 130) that could make it illegal to use a VPN to access adult content .

Under the proposed legislation, anyone trying to access adult content via a VPN will have their access blocked and be required to disconnect and prove their age, like everyone else. However, it's not clear yet how this would
work in practice.

For the time being, VPNs are still a great way to shore up your online security in Wisconsin. So weve rounded up the best VPNs with the best Black Friday VPN deals to help you stay secure for less.

NordVPN Basic: $2.99 per month 73% off + 3 months free

NordVPN is our top-rated VPN overall, with plenty of servers near Wisconsin (including Chicago, Illinois, and St. Louis, Missouri). A Basic plan comes in at $2.99 a month, and includes:





Servers in 21 US cities

Obfuscated servers (hides VPN traffic)

10 simultaneous connections


You'll also get access to Threat Protection Lite, a DNS-based ad and
malicious URL blocker. View Deal

Surfshark Starter: $1.99 per month (was $2.19) + 3 months free
Surfshark is a close second to NordVPN in our rankings, and its Starter plan is especially great value for money during the Black Friday sales season. Wisconsin users can check our servers in nearby Chicago, Illinois, and Detroit, Michigan for fast, reliable connections.




Servers in 24 US cities

Camouflage Mode (hides VPN traffic)

Unlimited simultaneous connections

All Surfshark subscriptions come with Alternative ID, too, which generates an entirely new online persona you can use in lieu of your real details. View Deal

Proton VPN: Now only $2.49 per month (was $3.59)

Proton VPN's Black Friday deal has reduced its 2-year plan to just $2.49 a month, a 75% saving. Plus, anyone in Wisconsin can connect to a huge number
of servers in New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia.





Servers in 17 US cities

Stealth protocol (hides VPN traffic)

10 simultaneous connections

Proton VPN is also a privacy-first provider that operates under strong Swiss data-protection laws, so you won't have to worry about mandatory retention. View Deal Can I trust a VPN with my data?

If youre wary of third-party data handlers, you might wonder what makes VPNs different. Can they be trusted with identifiable information?

As is often the case, it depends on the VPN. We only recommend secure VPNs
and typically suggest sticking to paid providers.

Legitimate VPNs dont keep logs of what you do online or store any data that could be traced back to you or used to build a profile of your activity. The same cant be said for unsafe VPNs. Their encryption is often weak, leaving your data vulnerable to interception, and the worst VPNs will even collect
and sell your information to data brokers to turn a profit.

This is especially true of free VPNs (though there are a few secure
exceptions ). Running and managing a VPN service is costly, after all, and if users arent paying with a subscription, theyre often paying with their
privacy (and data).

A recent report from Zimperium zLabs claimed that a huge portion of free Android and iOS VPNs are categorically untrustworthy . They were found to use outdated code and request an excessive amount of permissions.

Plus, back in April, the Tech Transparency Project (TTP) investigated the top 100 free VPN apps on the US App Store, revealing that millions of users had sent their data to China without realizing it.

Still, despite their risky nature, free VPNs are always going to be a
tempting option. A TechRadar survey conducted in May even confirmed that almost 1 in 4 readers still used free VPNs .

If you want to be certain that youve picked a VPN (free or paid) that you can trust with your data, heres what it needs to have: Regular audits of its no-logs policy A privacy policy thats easy to read and that clearly states what data is collected, why, and how its stored Modern VPN protocols, like OpenVPN and WireGuard Well-implemented encryption, usually AES-256 Core security tools, like a kill switch, obfuscation, and even multi-hop



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