Privacy by Default

Announcing our new affiliate partnership with Proton

I’m delighted to announce that The New Era has a new affiliate partnership with Proton in Switzerland. This means that if you click on an affiliate link we get a revenue share if you decide to subscribe to Proton’s email, VPN, Drive or Pass Products. Only a tiny percentage of my subscribers have a paid plan. So this is another way for me to monetise this site.

But there’s good reason for our first partnership. Here are some words from Proton about their commitment to privacy and the origins of the company.

Ever since it was created, the World Wide Web has revolutionized our lives. However, for many of us, the only way to benefit from the internet today is to hand over vast amounts of personal data to companies that prioritize profits over privacy. In many parts of the world, governments abuse this data to limit the freedom of their citizens.

We launched Proton in the summer of 2014 after a successful public crowdfunding campaign in which over 10,000 individuals donated over $500,000 to bring our shared vision to life. Since then, Proton has grown to become the world’s leading privacy company, used by millions globally, but we have never forgotten our humble beginnings. Proton services are operated by Proton AG, a Swiss corporation whose primary shareholder is the non-profit Proton Foundation based in Geneva, Switzerland.

Proton exists to serve the world. We do not have venture capital investors, and our non-profit structure requires us to permanently put people before profits while protecting against takeover attempts. Our first and only obligation is always to the Proton community, not advertisers or other third parties. We do not compromise your trust by selling your data and never will. We are committed to fighting for privacy and freedom online and will always stand up to defend an internet that serves the interests of all people.

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So if you’ve been thinking of migrating to a more private place for your email, VPN, passwords or file storage you might want to click on our affiliate links. Feel free to give this one a whirl.