European alternatives to Calm
A meditation and sleep app, one of the biggest names in consumer wellness. A venture-backed US company on AWS, holding sensitive wellbeing data under US jurisdiction.
Company information about Calm
- Company
- Calm.com, Inc.
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United States
- Founded
- 2012
- Data jurisdiction
- United States
- Ownership
- VC-backed
- GDPR
- No
- Open source
- No
- Infrastructure
- Amazon AWS
Why people switch away from Calm
European alternatives to Calm
Europe's leading meditation app, with guided programmes in multiple languages. Independent and privately held – a European alternative to Calm and Headspace.
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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.