European alternatives to BetterHelp
An online-therapy platform owned by Teladoc, matching users with counsellors. It has been fined by the US FTC for sharing sensitive mental-health data with advertisers, a serious red flag.
Company information about BetterHelp
- Company
- BetterHelp, Inc.
- Parent company
- Teladoc Health
- Headquarters
- Mountain View, United States
- Founded
- 2013
- Data jurisdiction
- United States
- Ownership
- Publicly traded
- GDPR
- No
- Open source
- No
- Infrastructure
- Amazon AWS
Why people switch away from BetterHelp
European alternatives to BetterHelp
Psychologist-designed online courses for depression, anxiety, and stress from Berlin. Several are approved German digital health apps (DiGA) that doctors can prescribe.
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Why avoid United States-owned services?
CLOUD Act
Forces US companies to hand over data stored anywhere in the world upon government request, including data on European servers.
FISA Section 702
Authorises mass surveillance of non-US persons using data held by US tech platforms, without a warrant or notification.
GDPR vs US law conflict
EU courts have repeatedly found that US surveillance law conflicts with European fundamental rights. Schrems I and II both invalidated EU-US data transfer agreements.