kMeet (Infomaniak)
A single roll-up of ownership and CLOUD Act exposure.
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EU-Sovereign This listing EU/EEA/Switzerland-owned and -operated, with no identified CLOUD Act exposure.
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EU-Based EU-operated, with at most minor or transient US exposure.
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EU-Hosted EU hosting available, but a US parent or hyperscaler sub-processor creates material exposure.
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US-Linked Operated by a US-incorporated entity, directly subject to US jurisdiction.
Free Swiss browser-based video meetings (Infomaniak, Geneva, since 1994); no guest account, own Swiss DCs, ISO 27001, no CLOUD Act.
kMeet (Infomaniak) is an EU-owned service hosted in Switzerland, with no identified CLOUD Act exposure. It is listed under Video conferencing.
Assessment notes
kMeet is the video-conferencing product of Infomaniak Group SA (Geneva, Switzerland; founded 1994 by Boris Siegenthaler and Fabian Lucchi; independent, privately held, founder-led, full ownership cross-reference in the kdrive listing), a free, browser-based video tool requiring no account for guests, run on Infomaniak's own Swiss data centres with ISO 27001 + ISO 9001 + ISO 14001 + ISO 50001 + B Corp 2025, GDPR-compliant under Swiss law with the EU adequacy decision keeping EU↔CH transfers SCC-free; Swiss-owned, Swiss-hosted, no CLOUD Act exposure. A strong free Swiss alternative to Zoom / Google Meet / Teams, available standalone or inside kSuite, built on open-source Jitsi Meet with opt-in end-to-end encryption (desktop Chromium / app; default TLS in transit).
Findings
- CLOUD Act
- CLOUD Act exposure
How exposed customer data is to US authorities under the CLOUD Act (Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act).
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None This listing EU operator, no US parent, no US sub-processors of note.
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Minor A transient US sub-processor (CDN, maps); data at rest stays in the EU.
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Material US parent, or a core sub-processor is a US-owned hyperscaler.
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Direct The operator itself is US-incorporated.
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- Ownership
- Ownership
Where ultimate control over the operating company sits.
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EU-owned EU-incorporated and EU-controlled; no significant US ownership.
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European This listing Swiss/EEA-owned, with no significant US ownership; treated as European.
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EU HQ, US-funded EU-headquartered but US venture- or PE-controlled.
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EU subsidiary, US parent European operating company owned by a US parent company.
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US-owned The operating company itself is US-headquartered.
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- Sub-processors
- 1 · 1 US
Verified signals
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EU / adequacy hosting: Yes
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EU / adequacy operator: Yes
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No US CLOUD Act exposure: Yes
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Public DPA: Yes
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Sub-processors disclosed: Yes
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Open-source clients: No
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Third-party certification: Yes
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About kMeet (Infomaniak)
kMeet is the video-conferencing product of Infomaniak Group SA, the independent Swiss technology company founded in Geneva in 1994 by Boris Siegenthaler and Fabian Lucchi, privately held, founder-led, with no venture-capital or private-equity investors on the cap table (the kdrive listing documents the same vendor in full). The proposition is simple and consumer-friendly: browser-based video meetings with no software install and no account required for guests: a host shares a link and participants join from any modern browser. It is available free and standalone, and is also bundled inside kSuite alongside Mail, kDrive, kChat and the Office suite, with integrations into Infomaniak Calendar for one-click scheduled meetings.
For an EU-sovereignty audit kMeet is a clean Swiss pick. It runs on Infomaniak's own Swiss data centres in Geneva (no hyperscaler underneath, software developed in-house), so meeting media and metadata stay on Swiss-located infrastructure under Infomaniak's direct control. The compliance footprint mirrors the rest of the estate: ISO/IEC 27001 (since June 2018), ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 50001, and B Corp (2025); Switzerland's Art. 45 GDPR adequacy decision keeps EU↔CH transfers SCC-free. On encryption, kMeet is built on the open-source Jitsi Meet / WebRTC stack: sessions are TLS-secured by default, and opt-in end-to-end encryption is available on up-to-date Chromium browsers and the desktop app (not currently on mobile). For always-on, cross-platform zero-access E2E, Tixeo or Wire remain stronger picks; for everyday GDPR-clean Swiss video with optional E2E, kMeet is an excellent free option.
Pricing is the standout: kMeet is free, with no per-meeting time limit and no participant account requirement, recording available to kDrive on paid kSuite tiers. Best fit: Swiss and EU teams, freelancers, educators, and public-sector users who want a no-friction, no-install, GDPR-clean Swiss alternative to Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams, especially those already using kSuite or Infomaniak Mail/Calendar, and anyone who wants meetings hosted on first-party Swiss infrastructure rather than a US provider's cloud.
Sub-processor map · 1
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PayPal USUnited States
Payment processing for paid kSuite upgrades; ancillary, off the meeting-media path
| Vendor | Country | Purpose | Owner |
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| PayPal | United States | Payment processing for paid kSuite upgrades; ancillary, off the meeting-media path | US |
Source: the vendor’s published sub-processor list, read 18 Jun 2026.
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Table 2Capabilities of kMeet (Infomaniak)
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United KingdomEU-HostedCLOUD Act exposure
How exposed customer data is to US authorities under the CLOUD Act (Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act).
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None EU operator, no US parent, no US sub-processors of note.
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Minor A transient US sub-processor (CDN, maps); data at rest stays in the EU.
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Material This listing US parent, or a core sub-processor is a US-owned hyperscaler.
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Direct The operator itself is US-incorporated.
Public DPA: Yes Sub-processors: Yes Open source: Yes -
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France · €10/moEU-BasedCLOUD Act exposure
How exposed customer data is to US authorities under the CLOUD Act (Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act).
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None EU operator, no US parent, no US sub-processors of note.
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Minor This listing A transient US sub-processor (CDN, maps); data at rest stays in the EU.
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Material US parent, or a core sub-processor is a US-owned hyperscaler.
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Direct The operator itself is US-incorporated.
Public DPA: No Sub-processors: No Open source: Yes -
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NorwayEU-HostedCLOUD Act exposure
How exposed customer data is to US authorities under the CLOUD Act (Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act).
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None EU operator, no US parent, no US sub-processors of note.
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Minor A transient US sub-processor (CDN, maps); data at rest stays in the EU.
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Material This listing US parent, or a core sub-processor is a US-owned hyperscaler.
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Direct The operator itself is US-incorporated.
Public DPA: Yes Sub-processors: Yes Open source: No -
| Product | Sovereignty | CLOUD Act | Signals | From |
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Element (Matrix)
United Kingdom
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EU-Hosted | CLOUD Act exposure
How exposed customer data is to US authorities under the CLOUD Act (Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act).
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Public DPA: Yes
Sub-processors: Yes
Open source: Yes
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Olvid
France
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EU-Based | CLOUD Act exposure
How exposed customer data is to US authorities under the CLOUD Act (Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act).
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Public DPA: No
Sub-processors: No
Open source: Yes
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€10/mo |
| Pexip Norway | EU-Hosted | CLOUD Act exposure
How exposed customer data is to US authorities under the CLOUD Act (Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act).
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Public DPA: Yes
Sub-processors: Yes
Open source: No
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