Compliance Checklist

1. Payment Processor Review

VPN, proxy, privacy, and network access services can be considered higher risk by payment processors. Use an honest business description, disclose the nature of the VPN service, publish clear policies, maintain abuse controls, and request written approval from Stripe or any payment provider if required by its restricted business rules.

2. Required Public Pages

Before accepting live payments, keep Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, Refund Policy, Acceptable Use Policy, Abuse Handling, and Logging Policy publicly accessible and consistent with actual operations.

3. Privacy and Data Protection

Review GDPR, UK GDPR, US federal/state privacy obligations, consumer protection rules, breach notification laws, data processing agreements, international transfer requirements, and retention practices with qualified counsel. Collect only data needed for service operation, billing, security, and legal compliance.

4. Consumer, Tax, and Corporate Compliance

Confirm business registration, tax/VAT/sales tax handling, refund disclosures, subscription renewal notices, cancellation workflows, and consumer rights for the countries where you sell.

5. Security Operations

Maintain secure backups of the database and OpenVPN CA material, restrict private keys, enforce strong admin credentials, monitor services, patch the operating system, protect logs, review admin actions, and rotate secrets when personnel or infrastructure changes.

6. Abuse Operations

Maintain a working abuse email, triage process, suspension/revocation workflow, and documented response process for hosting provider complaints, payment processor inquiries, and lawful notices.

7. HTTPS and Production Readiness

Do not take real customer credentials or payments over plain HTTP. Configure HTTPS, domain DNS, SPF/DKIM/DMARC for email, monitoring, off-server backups, and a supported operating system before public launch.

8. Legal Review

This page is an operational checklist, not legal advice. Have qualified counsel review policies, checkout disclosures, privacy practices, and payment processor documentation before launch.