Glossary

Privacy and EU software, plainly explained

Factual explanations of the laws, rulings and encryption techniques that shape the case for European software alternatives.

US Federal Law

CLOUD Act

The CLOUD Act is a 2018 US federal law that compels US-based providers to disclose data to US authorities regardless of where the data is physically stored.
CJEU ruling

Schrems II

Schrems II is the Court of Justice of the European Union ruling C-311/18 of 16 July 2020 that invalidated the EU-US Privacy Shield and tightened the requirements for transfers of personal data to the United States.
Encryption method

Zero-Knowledge Encryption

Zero-knowledge encryption is an encryption model in which the service provider never has access to the user's unencrypted data. Key generation takes place on the user's device.