Dispatches

Articles

Notes on sovereignty, jurisdiction, and the case for European alternatives.

  1. 5 July 2026

    Before you swap Revolut for bunq, read the Dutch register

    Before switching from Revolut to bunq, here's what's register-verified about its Dutch licence, ownership and data handling, and what's still self-declared.

  2. 5 July 2026

    Hetzner: the sovereignty record behind a European alternative to DigitalOcean

    What Hetzner's imprint, register filings and certifications actually verify, and what remains a vendor claim, for teams weighing it against DigitalOcean.

  3. 5 July 2026

    How would you know?

    Why FindInEurope exists. Anyone can put a flag on a landing page; the useful question is what the register says, and we built the site that checks.

  4. 5 July 2026

    mailbox.org and the certified route out of Google Workspace

    mailbox.org backs its EU-hosting claim with ISO 27001 and BSI C5 audits. Here's what's verified, what's self-declared, before you leave Workspace.

  5. 5 July 2026

    N26's European banking licence: verified, and what else is not

    N26's banking licence is verified in BaFin's own register, rare among Revolut alternatives. What else is confirmed, and what's self-declared.

  6. 5 July 2026

    OVHcloud: the sovereignty record for regulated teams weighing a move off AWS

    OVHcloud is publicly listed and SecNumCloud qualified. What that verifies about sovereignty, and what still rests on the vendor's own word, versus AWS.

  7. 5 July 2026

    Proton Mail is Swiss, not EU: what that means before you leave Gmail

    Proton Mail is Swiss, not EU. Before leaving Gmail for it, see what Swiss registers verify, what Proton self-declares, and what stays undisclosed.

  8. 5 July 2026

    Qonto holds a French payment licence: what it covers, and what it does not

    Qonto is a licensed payment institution, not a bank. What France's ACPR register confirms about this PayPal alternative, and what stays unclear.

  9. 5 July 2026

    Scaleway: what the record shows for developer teams leaving AWS

    Scaleway is Iliad's wholly owned cloud arm. What its register filings verify about ownership, data centres and certification, versus AWS.

  10. 5 July 2026

    Tuta: the Gmail exit with every tracked dimension inside the EU

    Tuta is a German company with every tracked dimension inside the EU. Here's what's verified, what's self-declared, before you leave Gmail for it.

  11. 17 June 2026

    Why a sovereignty score beats a "European" tag

    A label tells you nothing. A sourced, dated, verifiable score tells you what you actually depend on.