{"id":12082,"date":"2015-06-09T11:02:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T09:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/the-emergence-of-a-strong-data-protection-cluster\/"},"modified":"2023-07-04T13:39:31","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T11:39:31","slug":"the-emergence-of-a-strong-data-protection-cluster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/the-emergence-of-a-strong-data-protection-cluster\/","title":{"rendered":"The emergence of a strong data protection cluster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><b>A growing number of entrepreneurs active in the field of encryption and data protection choose Switzerland to develop their activities. Like Philip Zimmermann, the inventor of the world\u2019s most widely used email encryption system, who has recently moved his mobile-encryption firm Silent Circle to Geneva to be free of US mass surveillance. <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><link https:>Silent Circle<\/link>\u2019s business is to encrypt and secure mobile communications. And as the company\u2019s website explains, \u201cto build a truly private phone, you have to build a truly private company.&nbsp; It\u2019s the reason we\u2019re headquartered in Switzerland, where the laws are better designed to protect peoples\u2019 privacy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Silent Circle also appreciates Switzerland\u2019s political and security environment: \u201cSwitzerland has the world\u2019s most robust privacy laws, fantastic business and financial resources and an incredible business-friendly atmosphere. In addition to being the world\u2019s center for Human Rights, Global freedom of speech and an innovative technology hub, Switzerland is our perfect home.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Read more on what prompted Philip Zimmermann to relocate Silent Circle to Geneva in <link http:>this interview<\/link> with the Guardian.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A growing number of entrepreneurs active in the field of encryption and data protection choose Switzerland to develop their activities. Like Philip Zimmermann, the inventor of the world\u2019s most widely used email encryption system, who has recently moved his mobile-encryption firm Silent Circle to Geneva to be free of US mass surveillance. 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