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Re:Ask HN: Best alternative to Gmail? by csdreamer7 on Monday September 24, 2018 @03:10AM (#18055624)
You really don't know that.

MS built Win10 to spy on you and build a business from data mining. Why would they not do that for email? (Or, more likely, change Outlook's ToS to allow it once you are hooked.)

You could say that of any email provider, but ProtonMail is under GDPR so it makes it a safer alternative.

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Re:Ask HN: Best alternative to Gmail? by SmellyGeekBoy on Monday September 24, 2018 @06:13AM (#18056405)
What? If you're an EU citizen you're "under GDPR" no matter who your provider is.
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Re:Ask HN: Best alternative to Gmail? by devmunchies on Monday September 24, 2018 @03:40AM (#18055735)
> but ProtonMail is under GDPR

I thought GDPR was European union? Protonmail is in Switzerland.

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Re:Ask HN: Best alternative to Gmail? by wackro on Monday September 24, 2018 @05:04AM (#18056074)
I haven't read this yet so can't summarise, but here it is: https://protonmail.com/blog/gdpr-email-compliance/
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Re:Ask HN: Best alternative to Gmail? by brongondwana on Monday September 24, 2018 @09:47AM (#18057604)
Lots of people are "under GDPR". Us for example :)

https://fastmail.blog/2018/05/24/gdpr-is-here/

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