Due to Proton’s strict privacy, we do not know the identity of our users ” The post further explained that the company could not know users’ identities:

Under current Swiss law, email and VPN are treated differently, and ProtonVPN cannot be compelled to log user data.” The blog post also explained that the company’s VPN service, ProtonVPN, is being treated differently from a legal perspective: We only comply with legally binding orders from Swiss authorities.” ProtonMail does not give data to foreign governments that’s illegal under Article 271 of the Swiss Criminal code. Under no circumstances can our encryption be bypassed, meaning emails, attachments, calendars, files, etc., cannot be compromised by legal orders.” Proton also clarified the following important points:

There was no possibility to appeal this particular request.“ “In this case, Proton received a legally binding order from Swiss authorities which we are obligated to comply with. In a clarification about the case, ProtonMail published a blog post in which they commented the following:

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