Transparency Report and Warrant Canary

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In light of our attachment to online privacy – we would like to present our Transparency report and Warrant canary to inform you about legal requests for information of our users.

Transparency Report

Between the 1st of January 2024 and 30th of June 2024, Mailfence has:

  1. received requests for user identification in 11 cases.
  2. provided user identification because of a valid Belgium court order in 7 cases.

Last updated: July 2024 (this information will be updated every half year)
Next update: January 2025

To be counted as a request for information, the request must come through a legal channel. We do not count unofficial requests which are always rejected. The only legally binding requests are from Belgian courts that we are legally obligated to comply with.

Warrant Canary

Although a gag order is legally not possible in Belgium, we still publish a warrant canary. Mailfence being a Belgian company, cannot receive and has never received any US National Security Letters or FISA court orders. We also have not been subject to any gag order by a FISA court. Finally, we have never placed any backdoors in our hardware or software and have not received any requests to do so.

Previous Transparency Reports

Between the launch of Mailfence and the 31st of December 2023, Mailfence has:

  • received requests for user identification in 196 cases.
  • provided user identification because of a valid Belgium court order in 93 cases.

If you have any questions regarding Mailfence.com, who Mailfence is, or would like to share your feedback, feel free to send us an email at support@mailfence.com.

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Patrick De Schutter

Patrick is the co-founder of Mailfence. He's a serial entrepreneur and startup investor since 1994 and launched several pioneering internet companies such as Allmansland, IP Netvertising or Express.be. He is a strong believer and advocate of encryption and privacy. You can follow @pdeschutter on Twitter and LinkedIn.

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