WIN! An iPad 4 and a year's subscription to Hotspot Shield Elite

This week we've teamed up with Anchor Free to offer you the chance to win a 4th generation 32GB iPad in black along with a year's subscription to Hotspot Shield Elite.

Hotspot Shield Elite is VPN software which protects your privacy by encrypting your online sessions. This means that you can use public Wi-Fi hotspots, safe in the knowledge that no one is tracking and recording your browsing activity and private exchanges.

Hotspot Shield has the additional benefit of enabling you to change your IP address so you can access the content you want from anywhere. Don't get frustrated by broadcast restrictions stopping you from accessing online content like Hulu here in the UK and iPlayer when travelling abroad. By using Hotspot Shield, you can ensure that you don't miss an episode of Madmen, Game of Thrones or even EastEnders.

Hotspot Shield is super easy to install and use. Just click the 'Connect' button and you are immediately connected to the VPN.

AnchorFree is also currently giving all UK university students a free one-year subscription to its premium Hotspot Shield app as part of the College Privacy Challenge.

For more information about Hotspot Shield, visit the official website.

Enter our competition and you could be the lucky winner who walks away with a 4th generation 32GB iPad along with a year's free subscription to Hotspot Shield.

This competition has now closed. The winner is James Dimsdale.

Please note that this competition is only open to UK residents over 18 years of age.

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