Denmark Makes Email Encryption Compulsory for Businesses

[labbe5]

https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/denmark ... ption-gdpr

Widely unnoticed, Denmark is the first country to require businesses to encrypt emails containing sensitive personal information end-to-end, starting January 1, 2019. This rule is a strict interpretation of Article 9 of the European GDPR. It is the first time a country has made email encryption mandatory — but it is expected that more countries will follow the Danish example. This comes as yet another indicator that the protection of sensitive personal data must be prioritized by any company doing business in Europe.

With the focus on strengthening consumer rights, data protection laws in Europe are becoming stricter. And rightly so as data breaches around the world continue to rise in scale and in number.

Better late than never.

Further reading :
Security Comparison: GMX and Tutanota
https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/gmx-tut ... omparison/

[s243a]

I'm actually surprised that not encrypting emails isn't considered negligent under confidentiality laws. However, It might though be due to the fact that security tools aren't able to scan encrypted files. That said one should note that none of the companies that make the security tools sign third party confidentiality agreements with ones clients.