Runbox vs. the CLOUD Act: Your data stays safe in Norway
Apr 8, 2026 | Data Regulation
As a Norwegian company, Runbox is occasionally asked how the U.S. CLOUD Act affects our users—and the answer is simple: it doesn’t. Unlike U.S.-based providers, we own our servers and operate under Norwegian law, ensuring your emails and personal...
Happy New Year from Runbox
Jan 1, 2019 | News & Updates
As 2018 draws to a close and the sun returns in the northern hemisphere we can conclude that it's...
Runbox 7 is going open source
Dec 12, 2018 | News & Updates
We are very excited to announce that we are now making the Runbox 7 App available as open source...
Runbox 7 Webmail app for mobile phones
Oct 10, 2018 | News & Updates
We are making great progress with the Runbox 7 Webmail app and we are very excited that a version...
Sub-addressing (plus addressing)
Sep 18, 2018 | Guides & How-To's
In the last blog post we outlined how you can use aliases to help organise you email, and also how...
Runbox reviewed by PC Magazine
Sep 13, 2018 | News & Updates
Runbox was reviewed by PC Magazine recently and given high marks for the privacy and security...
“Drop Gmail, Outlook, and iCloud: Norwegian challenger clearly best on privacy”
Jun 21, 2018 | Privacy & Security
Runbox is hailed in a major Norwegian news outlet for providing superior privacy protection.
New Terms of Service and Privacy Policy in effect
May 25, 2018 | Data Regulation, News & Updates
As announced one month ago, our new Terms of Service and Privacy Policy implementing the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) take effect today.
Vulnerabilities in PGP and S/MIME
May 23, 2018 | News & Updates
We have been following a story that appeared recently about vulnerabilities in PGP and S/MIME that can cause a leak of the plaintext content of encrypted emails.
GDPR and Updates to our Terms and Policies
Apr 25, 2018 | Data Regulation
On May 25, 2018 the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) takes effect in all countries in the European Economic Area (EEA).
Our path to GDPR compliance — and how it will strengthen the protection of your personal data
Apr 11, 2018 | Data Regulation
Runbox has been focusing on privacy and information security from day one, and have paid attention to the strict Norwegian legislation concerning the processing of personal data ever since.
Runbox is leaving the Facebook platform
Mar 31, 2018 | Privacy & Security
At Runbox we work conscientiously every day to ensure that we act in accordance with our Company...
DDoS Attacks – Summary of Events
Nov 10, 2015 | Privacy & Security
Between November 4-6, Runbox experienced powerful DDoS attacks by a group calling themselves...
New DDoS Attack Friday
Nov 6, 2015 | Privacy & Security
We are currently being attacked again, and are working with our partners to deflect the attack. At...
DDoS Attacks on Runbox
Nov 5, 2015 | Privacy & Security
Yesterday and today Runbox was subject to Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. This was...
“Denial of service” attack on Runbox
Nov 4, 2015 | Privacy & Security
We had a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack on our email services today, preventing some...
Email Encryption with Runbox
Jul 18, 2014 | Privacy & Security
There has been much talk in the media recently about using email encryption to...



