Email Privacy

Email tracking pixels tell senders when you opened a message, where you were and what device you used. Here is what they collect, what UK guidance says, and how to block them.”

A look at Fastmail the company rather than the app: who owns it, where your email is stored, how it handles legal requests, its new EU data region, what it does and doesn't encrypt, and why it keeps AI out of the inbox.

Filters are better than ever, yet invoices, password resets and client replies still land in spam. Here’s why real email gets caught, how to rescue it, and what senders need to fix.

Zero-access email suits lawyers, journalists and privacy-minded teams, but costs you easy recovery and search. Here is who it fits, who should skip it, and the trade-offs.

Mailfence is a Belgian email provider built around OpenPGP and a paid-first model. Here is what each plan really includes (IMAP needs Entry, not Base), how its encryption works in practice, and who it suits compared with Proton Mail and Fastmail.

Proton Mail is one of the strongest mainstream choices for limiting what your provider can see, but the design has real costs in search, desktop clients and support. Here is who it suits, what it really protects, what each plan costs in 2026, and when I would pick Fastmail instead.

Gmail is faster and better connected. Proton Mail cannot read the mail it stores. Here is how they compare, what I gave up, and who should stay.

Mailbox.org is a paid German email provider with own data centres, custom domains from €3 a month, standard IMAP and usable PGP and S/MIME. Here is what changed in its 2026 plans, why the free trial can't test real email, and who it suits.