European alternatives to

Yahoo Mail

One of the world's oldest free email services, now owned by Apollo.

Yahoo Inc. · Outside Europe

About Yahoo Mail

Company
Yahoo Inc. · Apollo Global Management
HQ
United States
Zone
Outside Europe

Key concerns

Non-European ownershipSubject to US CLOUD Act
#1

Posteo

98 · Certified European

Germany · Email

Ad-free, green-powered email from Berlin for just €1/month. Independently run, no logs, regularly audited.

Paid · from €1/mo Partly open source 🇪🇺 EU
#2

Mailfence

94 · Certified European

Belgium · Email

Belgian encrypted email suite with calendars, contacts, and documents. No ads, no tracking, protected by Belgian privacy law.

Freemium · from Free Free tier 🇪🇺 EU
Freemium · from Free Free tier Partly open source EFTA

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Did you know? Storing data on European servers does not protect you from US law if the company is American-owned.

Also consider replacing

Other Apollo Global Management products with European alternatives

Why avoid United States-owned services?

CLOUD Act

Allows US authorities to compel American companies to hand over data stored anywhere in the world.

FISA Section 702

Permits mass surveillance of non-US persons' data held by US tech providers, without a warrant.

GDPR vs US law

Transferring personal data to US companies may conflict with EU data protection rules under GDPR.

These concerns apply to all United States tech companies — see our full analysis →