Proton AG—Proton restructured ownership under Swiss nonprofit Proton Foundation to protect privacy mission
In 2024, Proton AG transferred its ownership to the Proton Foundation, a Swiss nonprofit entity. This restructuring was designed to ensure that Proton's privacy-first mission could not be compromised by future investors or acquirers, similar to how Mozilla Foundation governs Mozilla Corporation.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate Transparency | +toward | primary | +1.00 |
| User Privacy | +toward | secondary | +0.50 |
| Overall incident score = | +0.643 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (high ×1.5) × confidence (0.57)
Evidence (1 signal)
Confirms Policy Change Apr 1, 2024 documented
Proton announced restructuring as a nonprofit foundation
Proton published a blog post announcing its restructuring under the Proton Foundation, a Swiss nonprofit, to permanently protect its privacy-first mission from being compromised by investors or acquirers.