How to Block Robotexts and Spam Messages.The collection of IP addresses may be concerning to some. MEGA can share the data they have about you with law enforcement, related or affiliated entities, payment processors, and resellers, but will never sell your data.MEGA collects Website Usage Data, and uses that data for advertising and marketing purposes as well as to improve their business.MEGA collects unencrypted metadata related to your account, including browser type, operating system, IP address and similar information.Any chats you conduct with within MEGA are encrypted, although some metadata must remain in the clear to enable the service to function.None of your files are stored in, or made available from, the United States of America Your files are stored in secure facilities in countries the European Commission has determined to have an adequate level of protection under Article 45 of the GDPR, depending where you are based.Your data is encrypted on your device and MEGA has no way to decrypt it.Points of interest in the Privacy Policy: The general gist of the policy is that MEGA complies with the EU’s GDPR for all its users worldwide. I also reviewed the MEGA Privacy Policy, another large document last updated on 18 December, 2020. You’ll need to decide for yourself if your use of this service might result in problems. We realize that MEGA is governed by New Zealand law, and apparently must implement these policies. See this Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) article for the potential problems.
These requirements are similar to those in the United States DMCA. How could you possibly know if the data you store might be considered unsuitable, offensive, obscene or discriminatory under any law similar to the Harmful Digital Communications Act 2015 (NZ) anywhere in the world? Then there is the takedown policy of assuming you are guilty of infringing others’ rights just because they say so. While in general, the ToS is reasonable, some clauses give me pause. Among other things, these documents discuss MEGA’s right to disclose data and other information as required by law or any competent authority You and MEGA are both bound by their Privacy & Data Policy as well as their Takedown Guidance Policy.You will have to fight to get your content restored MEGA assumes that any and all takedown notices are presented in good faith and will act on them as if they are valid.You may not infringe any copyright or other proprietary rights of any person or entity.You are held responsible for the use of your account, even if someone else hacks into it.You will not store, use, download, upload, share, access, transmit, or otherwise make available, unsuitable, offensive, obscene or discriminatory information of any kind.The service is governed by New Zealand law and arbitration and you are required to comply with the Harmful Digital Communications Act 2015 (NZ) or any similar law in any jurisdiction.Everything in the ToS is governed by New Zealand law, including any arbitration that might be necessary. This long, detailed document had an effective date of 18 December 2020. I reviewed the most recent MEGA Terms of Service (ToS). (See our Tresorit review.) MEGA Terms of Service If you aren’t comfortable with MEGA being based in New Zealand, you may want to check out Tresorit, which is based in Switzerland. While New Zealand is officially part of the Five Eyes surveillance alliance, it is a far better location for privacy than the United States. None of Your Files are stored in, or made available from, the United States of America. …we store Your Files and make them available from servers that are owned and controlled by us, in secure facilities in Europe or in countries (such as New Zealand) that the European Commission has determined to have an adequate level of protection under Article 45 of the GDPR, depending where you are based. At the time of this review, the service has over 166 million registered users worldwide. Dotcom severed all ties with MEGA in 2015, but the company has continued to grow and thrive.
MEGA was launched in 2013 in New Zealand by Kim Dotcom.
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