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| Founded | May 11, 2016 |
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| Founder | Packet Clearing House IBM Global Cyber Alliance SWITCH |
| Type | Public-benefit not-for-profit foundation |
| Registration no. | 435.091.407 |
| Focus | Internet privacy and security |
| Location | |
Area served | Global |
Employees | 12 |
| Website | www |
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Quad9 is a global public recursive DNS resolver that aims to protect users from malware and phishing. Quad9 is operated by the Quad9 Foundation, a Swiss public-benefit, not-for-profit foundation with the purpose of improving the privacy and cybersecurity of Internet users, headquartered in Zürich.[1] Quad9 is entirely subject to Swiss privacy law, and the Swiss government extends that protection of the law to Quad9's users throughout the world, regardless of citizenship or country of residence.[2]
- ^ "Quad9 moves to Switzerland". ncsc.admin.ch. Swiss National Cyber Security Centre. 2021-02-17. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
Non-profit organisation Quad9 is relocating its headquarters to Zurich.
- ^ Steiger, Martin (2021-02-18). "Quad9 Foundation – Recursive DNS Resolver in Switzerland / Applicability of Swiss and European Data Protection Law" (PDF). steigerlegal.ch. Steiger Legal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-05-27. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
Quad9 is entirely and fully subject to Swiss data protection law including the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP) and its corresponding ordinance with regard to all data subjects, i.e., for all persons worldwide whose data is being processed by Quad9. Compliance with Swiss data protection law is subject to the independent supervision of the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC). Data subjects may file a complaint with the FDPIC regardless of their citizenship or country of residence.