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What’s new in StartMail? It’s the summer period and we hope you all are doing well! We have been working hard at StartMail to continue enhancing our product offering for you. Here you can find an overview of the new features and bug fixes for the month of July. New features Contact Management […]

Have you noticed all the “You haven’t heard from us in a while, but we’d like to reassure you…” emails about Covid-19 from basically ANY product or service you’ve used online? A restaurant that you visited 5 years ago, an online shop where you once bought a random gift for someone’s birthday, or an employment […]

Did you know that since the inception of Bitcoin in 2009, billions of dollars worth of cryptocurrencies have been stolen? One of the main reasons? Email.  Most cryptocurrency owners opt for using a provider, such as an exchange wallet, to secure their crypto rather than holding the crypto themselves, since that can be quite complex. […]

What’s new in StartMail? It’s nearing the summer period and we hope you are all getting back to your routine. We have been busy enhancing our product offering for you. Here you can find an overview of the new features and bug fixes for the month of June. New features PGP Encryption It is […]

Our users occasionally request a read receipt function within StartMail. Read receipts allow you know if an email was read by a recipient. We’re not a fan of this function for numerous reasons, most importantly, it is considered a form of tracking.  By default, with email providers, you only know if your recipient’s email was […]

By Patrick W. Dunne – freelance writer for Digital Privacy News – follow him on LinkedIn or read his blog. Email can be one of the least secure platforms out there. Every day, people freely exchange private information without regard for who might see it, or whose hands it could end up in. You’re probably familiar with a […]

By Patrick W. Dunne – freelance writer for Digital Privacy News – follow him on LinkedIn or read his blog. In 2012, the European Commission sought to reform data privacy across the European Union (EU) and adapt to the technological age. After years of deliberation, the European Parliament published the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to replace outdated […]

What’s new in StartMail? It has been another productive month at StartMail despite the Covid-19 situation. We hope you are not only protecting your email, but yourselves first and foremost! We are doing our best to make the most of the situation to carry on improving our product for you. Here you can find an […]

What’s new in StartMail? It has been another crazy month – we hope you are all still safe and healthy! It is safe to say that our team, like many others, is still adapting to this new way of working in these challenging times. We are still doing our best to make the most of […]

Startpage, from the same founders as StartMail, has been relisted as a recommended Privacy Respecting Search Engine on the PrivacyTools website. Delivering privacy-centric tools remains the top focus for both Startpage and StartMail.