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Who can read your email?

Almost every provider encrypts mail on its disks. What matters is who holds the key. Here is each of the 24, grouped by what its own documentation says.

Only you 3

Stored mail is encrypted with keys derived from your password, so the provider can't read it. Mail arriving from Gmail or Outlook is readable on arrival, then encrypted.

Only you, if you switch it on 4

Encrypted storage exists but is off by default. Until you turn it on, the provider holds the keys.

The provider can 16

Mail is encrypted on disk with keys the provider holds. It can read it, and can be compelled to hand it over.

Not stated 1

The provider's pages don't say clearly how stored mail is encrypted.

The details, provider by provider

Subject lines, mail to people on other services, ads, and where the company is based.

Swipe the table sideways for more columns.

Stored-mail encryption and ad use by provider
ProviderStored mailSubject lines encryptedEncrypted mail to outsidersMail used for adsBased in
Atomic Mail logoAtomic MailOnly youYesYesNoEstonia
Proton Mail logoProton MailOnly youNoYesNoSwitzerland
Tuta logoTutaOnly youYesYesNoGermany
mailbox.org logomailbox.orgOnly you, if you switch it onNot statedNot statedNoGermany
Mailfence logoMailfenceOnly you, if you switch it onNoYesNoBelgium
Posteo logoPosteoOnly you, if you switch it onNot statedNot statedNoGermany
Purelymail logoPurelymailOnly you, if you switch it onNot statedNoNoUnited States
AOL Mail logoAOL MailThe provider canNoNoYesUnited States
Fastmail logoFastmailThe provider canNoNoNoAustralia
Gmail logoGmailThe provider canNoNoNoUnited States
GMX logoGMXThe provider canNoNot statedYesGermany
HEY logoHEYThe provider canNoNoNoUnited States
Hushmail logoHushmailThe provider canNoYesNoCanada
iCloud Mail logoiCloud MailThe provider canNoNoNoUnited States
Infomaniak Mail logoInfomaniak MailThe provider canNoYesNoSwitzerland
Kolab Now logoKolab NowThe provider canNoNot statedNoSwitzerland
mail.com logomail.comThe provider canNoNot statedNot statedUnited States
Migadu logoMigaduThe provider canNot statedNot statedNoSwitzerland
Outlook.com logoOutlook.comThe provider canNoNoNoUnited States
Runbox logoRunboxThe provider canNoNoNoNorway
Yahoo Mail logoYahoo MailThe provider canNoNot statedYesUnited States
Yandex Mail logoYandex MailThe provider canNoNot statedNot statedRussia
Zoho Mail logoZoho MailThe provider canNoNot statedNoIndia
StartMail logoStartMailNot statedNoYesNoNetherlands
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