# Proton Mail Discloses User Data Leading to Arrest in Spain

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/proton-mail-discloses-user-data-leading-to-arrest-in-spain/18191
**Category:** General
**Created:** 2024-05-07T06:10:16Z
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## Post 1 by @jerm — 2024-05-07T06:10:16Z

> **[Proton Mail Discloses User Data Leading to Arrest in Spain](https://cyberinsider.com/protonmail-discloses-user-data-leading-to-arrest-in-spain/)**
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> Proton Mail came under scrutiny for its role in a legal request by the Spanish authorities leading to the identification and arrest of a user.

This is not the first time ProtonMail gave data to feds

[https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/06/protonmail-logged-ip-address-of-french-activist-after-order-by-swiss-](https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/06/protonmail-logged-ip-address-of-french-activist-after-order-by-swiss-)

> **[ProtonMail Search Led The FBI To A Suspect Threatening A 2020 Election Official](https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2023/08/08/protonmail-fbi-search-led-to-a-suspect-threatening-a-2020-election-official/)**
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> After a Wisconsin official was harassed via an anonymous Protonmail user, the FBI began investigating, grabbing data from the encrypted email provider and other tech giants.

 ![image](//forum-uploads.privacyguidesusercontent.com/original/2X/a/a6282b9d0cc093abd6b0bce237dc3a94c55b05c4.png)

Archive: [ProtonMail Search Led The FBI To A Suspect Threatening A 2020 Election Official](https://web.archive.org/web/20230814144638/https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2023/08/08/protonmail-fbi-search-led-to-a-suspect-threatening-a-2020-election-official/)

They also gave recovery email in the election suspect case, which most users use their old personal email when setting up, which they can correlate info back to you. Looks like ProtonMail is going to also provide recovery emails and IP logs for data requests by governments.

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