The prosecution in this case seems quite aggressive. Thus Swiss law gives us no possibility to appeal this particular request. This means we did not have grounds to refuse the request. Our legal team does in fact screen all requests that we receive but in this case, it appears that an act contrary to Swiss law did in fact take place (and this was also the determination of the Federal Department of Justice which does a legal review of each case).

Under no circumstances however, can our encryption be bypassed. This is obviously not done by default, but only if Proton gets a legal order for a specific account. Transparency with the user community is extremely important to us and we have been publishing a transparency report since 2015.Īs detailed in our transparency report, our published threat model, and also our privacy policy, under Swiss law, Proton can be forced to collect info on accounts belonging to users under Swiss criminal investigation. Details about how we handle Swiss law enforcement requests can found in our transparency report: In this case, Proton received a legally binding order from the Swiss Federal Department of Justice which we are obligated to comply with. In the interest of transparency, here's some more context. We are also deeply concerned about this case. As for the source, PM response seemed to indicate this. Exceptions include privacy specific laws that can impact Proton’s products or posts on the official blog. Threats, harassment, racist or sexist speech and slurs of any kind will not be tolerated.Ĥ. Also, make sure to check all posts tagged with the appropriate Help flair to see whether your question has already been answered.ģ.

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