In a nutshell, yes, Cyberghost and VPN's like them usually anonymize your browsing. Most free VPN's offer but 64-bit encryption, while their paid versions gives you 128-bit. The majority of VPN's record your IP address and everything that you do, which partially defeats the reason for using a VPN in the first place. As of July, 7, 2014, the best free VPN by light years is Cyberghost, which boasts 128-bit encryption and neither memorializes your Web activities nor your IP address. A paid "Snowden" version includes military-grade 256-bit encryption, but the free version is sufficiently safe for most uses. Despite certain warnings, do not worry about Cyberghosts' German servers recording your info unless you actually live there, because out-of-country subpoenas will be ignored. Also, despite alarms sounded by a few self-proclaimed experts, Cyberghost will not reveal your personal information to anyone and to date has never done so, according to the company's president. Their official disclosure might seem to suggest otherwise, but it is nothing more than an obligatory but inapplicable and meaningless legal notice. For even more protection from a nosy government or corporation of any kind, use a trusted, foreign DNS server (google "Free & Public DNS Servers".)
