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Privacy policy — Wire
Checked for Wire on 30 Sep 2026
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- https://wire.com/en/privacy-policy
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- 30 Sep 2026, 12:15 UTC
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No data sale Report an error
“Wire does not rent or sell your data to third parties. Your data is also not used for targeted advertising or other forms of profiling.”
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EU representative Report an error
“Wire designates Wire Germany GmbH, Rosenthaler Straße 41, 10178 Berlin, Germany, as its EU representative pursuant to Article 27 GDPR, registered under HRB 149847 with the local court of Charlottenburg.”
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E2e encryption Report an error
“The content of conversations is encrypted with strong encryption on the sender's device and decrypted only on the recipient's device (end-to-end encryption).”
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No backdoors Report an error
“Wire does not have access to encryption keys and does not use backdoors.”
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Message storage Report an error
“Encrypted messages are temporarily stored on Wire's servers for delivery when users come back online. However, this data is immediately deleted from Wire’s servers as soon as the relevant message has been delivered to the recipient of the message.”
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Logs retention Report an error
“Logs are kept for a maximum of 90 days to assist troubleshooting, improve service, and prevent abuse.”
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Account data Report an error
“When users create a Wire account, they are required to provide a user name, a display name, and an email address.”
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Double opt in Report an error
“Wire uses the so-called double opt-in procedure as part of the registration process to verify the provided email address.”
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Payment retention Report an error
“Data is deleted within 12 months after contract termination or expiration of legal retention periods.”
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Usage retention Report an error
“This data will be deleted after 365 days latest.”
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List Report an error
“Amazon Web Services (AWS) Hosting EU Google Workplace E-mail Provider EU Google Analytics Marketing Activities EU Box Signature Management EU Zendesk Customer Support EU Countly Product Analytics Germany Stripe Payment Services USA Contract Hero Contract Management EU Salesforce CRM-Services Germany HubSpot Website Hosting & Marketing Activities, CRM Services EU”
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Website provider Report an error
“We host the Website on EU servers operated by HubSpot to make it available on the internet;”
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Countly self hosted Report an error
“Countly is self-hosted by Wire on EU servers, so no data collected or analyzed by Countly is shared with the tool provider”
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Website log retention Report an error
“The personal data collected when the website is accessed, in particular the user's IP address, will be deleted no later than thirty (30) days after collection, unless an attack or threat by the user has been recognized.”
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No automated decision making Report an error
“We do not use automated decision-making in accordance with Art. 22 sec. 1 and 4 GDPR, i.e. we do not use web-based systems to create user profiles and make automated decisions based on them with legal effect or similar detriment to you.”
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Transfer safeguards Report an error
“Wire ensures that (i) the third party is located in a country recognized by Switzerland and the European Commission as providing an adequate level of data protection, and/or (ii) Wire has entered into "Standard Contractual Clauses" with the third party and/or (iii) another safeguard or an exception under FADP and GDPR applies.”
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Cookies consent Report an error
“Wire uses such Cookies (i.e. their storage on your end device and access to these Cookies) only with the user’s explicit and free consent.”
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- The Accessibility Advocate European sovereignty
- The Accessibility Advocate Encryption & meeting access
- The Accessibility Advocate Recordings, retention & admin control
- The Accessibility Advocate European sovereignty
- The Educator Encryption & meeting access
- The Educator European sovereignty
- The Educator Encryption & meeting access
- The Educator Recordings, retention & admin control
- The Educator European sovereignty
- The Educator Encryption & meeting access
- The Educator Recordings, retention & admin control
- The Educator European sovereignty
- The IT Administrator Encryption & meeting access
- The IT Administrator Recordings, retention & admin control
- The IT Administrator European sovereignty
- The IT Administrator Encryption & meeting access
- The IT Administrator Recordings, retention & admin control
- The IT Administrator European sovereignty
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- The IT Administrator European sovereignty
- The Security Officer Encryption & meeting access
- The Security Officer Recordings, retention & admin control
- The Security Officer European sovereignty
- The Security Officer Encryption & meeting access
- The Security Officer Recordings, retention & admin control
- The Security Officer European sovereignty
- The Security Officer Encryption & meeting access
- The Security Officer Recordings, retention & admin control
- The Security Officer European sovereignty
- The Skeptic Encryption & meeting access
- The Skeptic Recordings, retention & admin control
- The Skeptic European sovereignty
- The Skeptic Encryption & meeting access
- The Skeptic Recordings, retention & admin control
- The Skeptic European sovereignty
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- The Skeptic Recordings, retention & admin control
- The Skeptic European sovereignty
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- The Works Council Advocate European sovereignty
- The Works Council Advocate Encryption & meeting access
- The Works Council Advocate European sovereignty
- The Works Council Advocate Encryption & meeting access
- The Works Council Advocate Recordings, retention & admin control
- The Works Council Advocate European sovereignty