Be careful as certain western governments have cracked many VPN services now so they are not necessarily private.
Without attention, the 2010 GCHQ document warned, the UK's "Sigint utility will degrade as information flows changes, new applications are developed (and deployed) at pace and widespread encryption becomes more commonplace." Documents show that Edgehill's initial aim was to decode the encrypted traffic certified by three major (unnamed) internet companies and 30 types of Virtual Private Network (VPN) – used by businesses to provide secure remote access to their systems. By 2015, GCHQ hoped to have cracked the codes used by 15 major internet companies, and 300 VPNs.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/05/nsa-gchq-encryption-codes-securityNot that you'd be a target but it's worth asking what the benefits are.