Switzerland is renowned for being neutral territory – being outside of US and EU jurisdiction. ProtonMail uses its Swiss location to take advantage of the DPA and DPO acts.

Essentially, it prohibits the collection and use of personal data unless the law specifically permits it or you have given your informed consent. Germany may be one of the Fourteen Eyes, but it is protected by The German Federal Data Protection Act – a modification of the general EU GDPR law. Tutanota is based in Germany (one of the Fourteen Eyes). This basically confirms that new users will have to pay a higher fee than the current rates.Let’s talk about the data laws under which these companies operate. It is worth mentioning that the original announcement caused a bit of confusion, as it did not mention whether this price hike would affect renewals, but the updated post has confirmed that existing subscribers can renew their plan at the current prices. Upcoming changes to Proton PlansĪfter listening to feedback from users, Proton says that it will not change the prices of the plans for existing subscribers.

The unified service will allow users to add events in your mails to your calendar, and files that you have stored in Proton Drive can be sent as attachments simply by linking to them.Īnd now, for the important changes regarding the Premium subscription plans. ProtonVPN will also remain at for now, but it too will be updated in the future. This will only affect new user sessions, i.e., users who are already logged in to their accounts will remain on the. The original article indicated that Proton will redirect users who access, ,, etc., to their respective domains. Mails from Proton are always starred to indicate it is sent by the company. While your ProtonMail address will remain the same, any official communication including newsletters, notifications, password reset messages that you receive from the company will use the domain instead of So don't be alarmed thinking you got a mail from a user who is impersonating the brand.

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