ProtonMail told users it did not log their IP addresses, but now admits it was forced to do so by Swiss government

ProtonMail Hands Over Private Data of an Activist to French Authorities, Resulting in His Imprisonment

The encrypted email service Protonmail, which claims it protects the privacy of its users, handed over the private data of a climate activist to French authorities, resulting in their imprisonment.

They surrendered the browser fingerprint and IP address of the activist to French authorities after having policies that erroneously told users that “by default, we do not keep any IP logs which can be linked to your anonymous email account.”

After this turned out to be a deception the entire time, they changed their policies afterward to say: “ProtonMail is email that respects privacy and puts people (not advertisers) first.”

ProtonMail responded by blaming the Swiss courts for forcing them to log IP addresses and comply with the request.

They are now going to encourage people to use the Tor browser, which will supposedly allow individuals to use the email service with anonymity. However, ArsTechnica noted that this protection will only go so far. "If a government agency or other threat can compromise Tor nodes your traffic passes through in a way that offers it a way to track origins, there is no policy preventing said government from doing so—or from using that data for law enforcement purposes."

https://bigleaguepolitics.com/email-service-protonmail-hands-over-private-data-of-activist-to-french-authorities-resulting-in-their-imprisonment/