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==[Incident]== | ==[Incident]== | ||
{{ | In early September 2021, Swiss authorities obtained a court order that resulted in Proton logging the IP address and device information for a particular Proton Mail account.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lomas |first=Natasha |last2=Dillet |first2=Romain |date=6 September 2021 |title=ProtonMail logged IP address of French activist after order by Swiss authorities |url=https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/06/protonmail-logged-ip-address-of-french-activist-after-order-by-swiss-authorities/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906115002/https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/06/protonmail-logged-ip-address-of-french-activist-after-order-by-swiss-authorities/ |archive-date=6 September 2021 |access-date=2026-03-19 |work=TechCrunch}}</ref> That connection data was provided to investigators and was reported to have contributed to identification in the related investigation and an arrest involving an activist associated with protests in France.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bateman |first=Tom |date=2021-09-07 |title=ProtonMail criticised for passing arrested French climate activist's IP address to police |url=https://www.euronews.com/next/2021/09/07/protonmail-criticised-for-passing-arrested-french-climate-activist-s-ip-address-to-police |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907144956/https://www.euronews.com/next/2021/09/07/protonmail-criticised-for-passing-arrested-french-climate-activist-s-ip-address-to-police |archive-date=2021-09-07 |access-date=2026-03-19 |work=Euro News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bode |first=Karl |date=2021-09-07 |title=ProtonMail Under Fire For Sharing ClActivist Data With French Authorities |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/protonmail-under-fire-for-sharing-clactivist-data-with-french-authorities/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250129191946/https://www.vice.com/en/article/protonmail-under-fire-for-sharing-clactivist-data-with-french-authorities/ |archive-date=29 January 2025 |access-date=2026-03-19 |work=Vice}}</ref> | ||
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