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Proton Mail is an email solution focused on privacy and freedom. Their email solution includes calendar, and Proton also has solutions for documents, VPN and password management.
Esc Collective offers commercial support for business switching to Proton Mail in form of consulting and integration. We can help set up the Proton Mail environment, take care of DNS settings including DKIM and DMARC, and help migrate existing email from your current provider. But maybe most important of all, Esc Collective can help you find the email provider which meets your functional and business requirements.
Based in Switzerland Proton Mail is governed by strict privacy regulations. They have a history of contesting court orders to disclose user information, and share information about this on their website. Note that under Swiss law Proton can outright reject any such requests from foreign authorities, and more recently stated clearly that pending changes to Swiss law will make them leave the country.
What makes Proton Mail great is the company's focus on privacy and freedom. Their email service is developed to use encryption by default. Zero knowledge cloud storage ensures that even if Proton is ever obliged to disclose user data this is only limited to metadata.
Proton requires the installation of their Mail Bridge to allow synchronization with other mail clients on a computer, this is not supported on mobile devices. Most users will therefore choose to use the browser app or the Proton email clients, which are available on Android, iOS, MS Windows and macOS. There is a Proton Mail client for Linux but it is still in beta.
Proton Mail will work for most businesses. Having to rely on the Mail Bridge when not using Proton's email clients is a drawback, and some functionalities are missing such as shared mailboxes. But aside of that it is a great privacy and security focused email provider, with a large customer base and a proven history of reliability.
Home page: https://proton.me/
Do you use Proton Mail in your business? Esc Collective offers support in form of consulting and integration.
Calendar functionality enables efficient scheduling and time management for teams and organizations. Essential for European businesses that need to coordinate across different time zones and maintain compliance with local working hour regulations.
Solutions with the Calendar feature: Gmail for business, Tuta Mail, M365 Mail, Proton Mail and Mailfence
Encryption ensures that sensitive information remains secure and protected from unauthorized access. This feature implements protocols to safeguard data while it is being sent over the internet or when it is saved on a server. When an email service or a cloud storage solution provides encryption, this means that only users having access to a digital key can read the data. Encryption is essential for maintaining data privacy and security in today's digital landscape, and it is a hard requirement of the EU GDPR (privacy) regulations.
Solutions with the Encryption feature: Tuta Mail, Proton Mail and Mailfence
Companies which have their headquarters in Switzerland fall under the jurisdiction of this country. They are obliged to follow Swiss law and Swiss court orders. Switzerland has currently very strict privacy regulations, and it has a history of neutrality which goes back centuries. Esc Co. advises that Switzerland is a very safe country to store your data.
Solutions with the Switzerland based feature: Proton Mail and Odoo Community
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