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  • For business
Keep communicating through any downtime with Proton’s business continuity solution
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EU fines Google $1 billion over its search and Play Store
EU age verification app hacked
  • News
France adopts first social media ban for under-15s in the EU
What does a firewall do?
  • For business
What is a firewall? What does it do, and how does it work?

Proton updates

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  • Lumo AI
  • Proton updates
A new design for a smarter Lumo
The latest version of Lumo is smarter, faster, and more capable. Proton's design team created a visual update to match.
  • Lumo AI
  • Proton updates
Introducing Lumo 2.0
Introducing the new Lumo 2.0, the private AI assistant with advanced reasoning, image generation, deep web search, and long-term memory.
A terminal with Proton Drive CLI commands
Proton Drive CLI is now available for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Upload, download, share, and automate your Drive workflows from the terminal.

News

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EU regulators fined Google $1 billion for favoring its own services in search and restricting Play Store developers.
EU age verification app hacked
France's parliament has approved a ban on social media for under-15s. New accounts will be blocked starting in September 2026.
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Meta pulled Muse Image, its AI image generator, from Instagram after backlash from users and Hollywood over consent and copyright.

Guides

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Is Malwarebytes legit? Yes: but it doesn't offer full antivirus protection. Here's what it does, what it misses, and what fills the gap.
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Is Venmo safe? Yes, provided you use it as intended. Learn how it works, the common scams to watch for, and how to protect your money.
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Learn how to forward emails in Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, and Proton to unify your inboxes. Only one of these can't technically scan your emails.

Opinion

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Austrian data strategist Fritz Fahringer explains how European businesses can reclaim data sovereignty with everyday tools.
How much are you worth to Google?
Proton analyzed 54,000 profiles using real ad auction data to determine your worth to Google. How valuable is your data?
Andy Yen, Proton founder and CEO, speaking at Security in the Digital Century, part of Semafor World Economy 2026, in Washington, D.C.
Powerful forces are exploiting parents’ fears to strengthen their toxic business models. Here’s how we stop them.

For business

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Learn how to create a data retention policy for your SMB, including GDPR storage limitation, UK recordkeeping rules, and access controls.
Understand document version control and revision control to keep business files secure, auditable, and recoverable.
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Here's how to evaluate security, data sovereignty, and lock-in risk before you commit to a new cloud workspace.