Toronto, Ontario, and New York, New York--(Newsfile Corp. - October 10, 2023) - Sekur Private Data Ltd. (CSE: SKUR) (OTCQB: SWISF) (FSE: GDT0) ("Sekur" or the "Company"), a leading Swiss hosted secure and private communications platform, is pleased to announce that after discussions with its digital marketing team, and after careful consideration, it has decided to increase its prices for its Swiss hosted privacy VPN, SekurVPN, as its new signups have increased recently and represent 60% of all new signups for Sekur for the month of October.
The result of the price increase for SekurVPN will increase the average revenue per user ("ARPU") over time by 25% to 30% as Sekur minimum bundle packages represent 49% of all new signups. Combined with single VPN signups, the ARPU is expected to increase from just under US$9 to just under US$12. Additionally, the new SekurVPN pricing increases the minimum bundle price to US$14, up from US$12, and full bundle signup to US$17, up from US$15, for individual consumers. Business packages pricing are on average 20 to 25% higher than consumer prices due to added features. Sekur expects continued growth for its SekurVPN solution and is adding enterprise features and other upgrades such as IPv6 by year end.
Sekur is on track to launch a full-scale digital campaign for its VPN solution sometime in late October as it is preparing the final touches on its digital ads. A small campaign has started and has demonstrated positive results with one of the marketing channels. There are plans as well to launch SekurVPN in the USA and other regions through the Sekur's reseller network in 2024.
Alain Ghiai, CEO of Sekur Private Data, said: "We are very pleased with the progress we are making with SekurVPN signups in the last couple of months and we have decided to adjust our pricing upward after careful planning with our marketing team. SekurVPN is still the most affordable privacy VPN in the market, offering added benefits of being a true Swiss hosted privacy VPN without third party big tech hosting and without traffic mining. Sales have surpassed our projections so far and we are now expecting solid growth for SekurVPN in the foreseeable future. Our prime directive is to provide private and secure communications for everyone, and as we are not connected to any Big Tech platform, we offer a truly independent, private and secure means of communications, without any data mining, through our proprietary technology and our secure servers based in Switzerland. We look forward to continuing to offer true data privacy to all individuals and their businesses, and to protect their intellectual property and privacy from data miners and malicious hackers."
Since the Company has added SekurVPN and customized "à la carte" bundles for consumers and businesses, approximately 50% of all customers have been buying bundles with approximately 60% of customers purchasing SekurVPN in the bundle or on its own.
On April 7, 2023, the Company launched SekurVPN, its privacy VPN solution available through Sekur.com, and began commercial sales of its highly anticipated privacy and security VPN solution. The solution is also offered for sale in USD, CAD, NZD, AUD, SGD, CHF, EUR and GPB. Sekur plans to do a full scale launch before year-end 2023 with several videos on social media promoting SekurVPN to select targeted audiences in the U.S. Ghiai discusses the advantages of having a privacy VPN, and other preventive measures to minimize cyberattacks for consumers and businesses, on Sekur Hack of the Week Episode, a nationwide TV show broadcast on NewsmaxTV, Fox Business and on streaming media.
SekurVPN is especially meant for privacy enthusiasts and users wanting to protect their identity from hackers. An example would be users going to their e-banking or shopping online, using their emails, using messaging applications and wanting to have full privacy and protection from hackers hijacking their IP location and signal. The service guarantees not to use Big Tech or hyperscalers for its functioning or hosting, and it guarantees that there are no third party bundles sold with it so no data is leaked or sold to third parties. It guarantees no traffic pulling or monitoring and no phone number is required to register to the service.
According to a Forbes article, 66% of surveyed internet users within the U.S. use a VPN to help protect personal data, 80% use a VPN for increased security and 33% use a VPN to mask their internet activity. More statistics can be found on this VPN Statistics And Trends In 2023 article.
Private:
SekurVPN uses its own proprietary infrastructure and does not use any hyperscaler or Big Tech hosting providers, unlike most other VPNs. SekurVPN offers Swiss IPs only. This guarantees that it is using only SekurVPN's own servers and routing. Other VPNs offer hundreds of locations and are using Big Tech providers, compromising users' privacy. SekurVPN never monitors users' activity and never shares any data with third party service providers. By being a pure VPN, without bundled outside services such as antivirus and ad blockers, SekurVPN keeps users' information private without sharing their data with third party service providers. With SekurVPN, users do not register their phone number on the app or the web, rendering users invisible from hackers or snoopers. No phone number to register, anonymous Swiss IPs only, no data mining or traffic sharing with anyone.
Secure:
SekurVPN's secure VPN routes all your internet traffic through SekurVPN's privately owned servers, in multiple locations in Switzerland only, using the highest encryption industry standards combined with its proprietary HeliX technology for added security. Encryption keys are not stored on devices and are unique at every connection. Users' passwords, confidential data and internet surfing stay encrypted even over public untrusted internet connections.
Easy to use:
SekurVPN is extremely easy to setup and deploy. There is no country list and our interface is simplified; just tap or click the connection button. SekurVPN's no-frills but highly secure and private service gives users peace of mind without thinking about geolocations.
Currently SekurVPN is available to use with MacOS, iOS and Android devices. Versions for Windows 64, Windows 32 and Linux are planned to be launched in the coming weeks.
In addition to SekurVPN, the company offers a bundled Sekur plan, which includes SekurMessenger and SekurMail as a bundle of email, messaging and file transfer into one application, and includes the Company's latest SekurMail technology, which includes a proprietary anti-phishing and privacy feature called SekurSend. SekurSend lets a user send an email to any other recipient, whether they have Sekur or not, in full privacy and security as the email never leaves Sekur's encrypted email servers based in Switzerland. The recipient can then click on the notification and reply in the same manner using SekurReply, without the recipient having to register for a Sekur account. The sender can also decide to protect any email sent by adding a password to open it, a read-limit and a self-destruct timer as well. Sending an email with the SekurSend feature allows the senders and recipients to add limitless size attachments to the emails without crowding the recipients' email box. This also eliminates BEC attacks for businesses and email phishing attacks. Additionally, SekurMail includes full control of email delivery, automatic data export for large enterprises and an automatic Data Loss Prevention technology ("DLP") with real time continuous archiving.
Recent data breaches in messaging applications have created a certain urgency for businesses and data privacy advocates to protect their communications from cyberattacks and identity theft via mobile and desktop devices.
SekurMessenger comes with a proprietary feature and technology called "Chat-By-Invite." This feature allows a SekurMessenger user ("SM user") to invite via email or SMS a non-SM user, or a group of non-SM users, to chat in a fully private and secure way without the recipient ever having to register to SekurMessenger or download the app. At the end of the chat, the initiator of the conversation can remotely terminate the conversation and all traces of the conversation are deleted from all users, including the recipient. This unique feature is now fully deployed and functional on all iOS and Android devices and web platforms. The target sectors are numerous, including but not limited to real estate, legal, finance, insurance, medical, government, energy, manufacturing, trade and pharmaceutical sectors.
SekurMessenger also eliminates many of the privacy and security risks by not requiring a phone number, which would divulge a user's phone device ID, but also by not social engineering a user's phone or computer contact list and infecting the contacts by default as well, eliminating a huge loophole in security and privacy. SekurMessenger issues each user a username and a Sekur number. The Sekur number is the contact ID a user would disclose in order for other Sekur users to be added. The service comes with a self-destruct timer and other features as well, including Sekur's proprietary VirtualVaults and HeliX technologies with all data stored in Swiss hosted encrypted servers.
Sekur's Data privacy solutions are all hosted in Switzerland, protecting users' data from any outside data intrusion requests. In Switzerland, the right to privacy is guaranteed in article 13 of the Swiss Federal Constitution. The Federal Act on Data Protection ("FADP") of 19 June 1992 (in force since 1993) has set up a strict protection of privacy by prohibiting virtually any processing of personal data which is not expressly authorized by the data subjects. The protection is subject to the authority of the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner.
Under Swiss federal law, it is a crime to publish information based on leaked "secret official discussions." In 2010, the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland found that IP addresses are personal information and that under Swiss privacy laws they may not be used to track internet usage without the knowledge of the individuals involved.
About Sekur Private Data Ltd.
Sekur Private Data Ltd. is a cybersecurity and Internet privacy provider of Swiss hosted solutions for secure and private communications. The Company distributes a suite of encrypted e-mails, secure messengers and secure communication tools. Sekur Private Data Ltd. sells its products through its own website, , approved distributors and telecommunications companies worldwide. Sekur Private Data Ltd. serves consumers, businesses and governments worldwide.
On behalf of Management
SEKUR PRIVATE DATA LTD.
Alain Ghiai
President and Chief Executive Officer
+1.416.644.8690
corporate@sekurprivatedata.com
安大略省多倫多和紐約州紐約--(Newsfile Corp.,2023年10月10日)——瑞士領先的安全和私人通信平台Sekur Private Data Ltd.(CSE:SKUR)(OTCQB:SWISF)(FSE:GDT0)(“Sekur” 或 “公司”),瑞士領先的安全和私人通信平台,很高興地宣佈,在與其數字營銷團隊討論並經過仔細考慮後,它已決定爲了提高其在瑞士託管的隱私VPN的價格,SekurVPN的新註冊人數最近有所增加,佔10月份Sekur所有新註冊人數的60%。
SekurVPN價格上漲的結果將使每位用戶的平均收入(“ARPU”)隨着時間的推移增加25%至30%,因爲Sekur最低套餐佔所有新註冊人數的49%。再加上單個VPN註冊,ARPU預計將從略低於9美元增加到略低於12美元。此外,新的SekurVPN定價將個人消費者的最低套餐價格從12美元提高到14美元,將完整套餐註冊價格從15美元提高到17美元,從15美元提高到17美元。由於增加了功能,商務套餐的價格平均比消費者價格高出20%至25%。Sekur預計其SekurVPN解決方案將持續增長,並將在年底之前增加企業功能和其他升級,例如IPv6。
Sekur有望在10月下旬的某個時候爲其VPN解決方案啓動一項全面的數字宣傳活動,因爲它正在爲其數字廣告做最後的準備。一個小型活動已經開始,其中一個營銷渠道已顯示出積極的結果。還計劃在2024年通過Sekur的經銷商網絡在美國和其他地區推出SekurVPN。
Sekur Private Data首席執行官Alain Ghiai表示:“我們對過去幾個月在SekurVPN註冊方面取得的進展感到非常滿意,經過與營銷團隊的仔細規劃,我們決定向上調整定價。SekurVPN仍然是市場上最實惠的隱私VPN,它提供了額外的好處,那就是成爲真正的瑞士託管隱私VPN,無需第三方大型科技託管,也沒有流量挖礦。到目前爲止,銷售額已超過我們的預期,我們現在預計SekurVPN在可預見的將來將實現穩健增長。我們的主要目標是爲所有人提供私密和安全的通信,由於我們沒有連接到任何大型科技平台,因此我們通過我們的專有技術和位於瑞士的安全服務器,提供一種真正獨立、私密和安全的通信方式,無需任何數據挖掘。我們期待繼續爲所有個人及其企業提供真正的數據隱私,並保護他們的知識產權和隱私免受數據挖掘者和惡意黑客的侵害。”
自從該公司增加了SekurVPN併爲消費者和企業定製了 “點菜” 捆綁包以來,大約有50%的客戶購買了捆綁包,大約60%的客戶以捆綁包或單獨購買SekurVPN。
2023 年 4 月 7 日,該公司推出了 SekurVPN,這是其隱私 VPN 解決方案,可通過 Sekur.com 獲得, 並開始商業銷售其備受期待的隱私和安全 VPN 解決方案。該解決方案還以美元、加元、新西蘭元、澳元、新加坡元、瑞士法郎、歐元和英鎊出售。Sekur計劃在2023年底之前全面推出,在社交媒體上發佈幾段視頻,向美國選定的目標受衆宣傳SekurVPN。Ghiai在NewsMaxTV、Fox Business和流媒體播出的全國性電視節目《Sekur Hack of the Week》劇集上討論了擁有隱私VPN的好處以及其他儘量減少對消費者和企業網絡攻擊的預防措施。
SekurVPN特別適合隱私愛好者和想要保護自己的身份免受黑客攻擊的用戶。例如,用戶使用電子銀行或在線購物,使用電子郵件,使用消息傳遞應用程序,並希望獲得完全的隱私和保護,免受黑客劫持其IP位置和信號的侵害。該服務保證不使用大型科技公司或超大規模服務器來運行或託管,並保證不隨之出售任何第三方捆綁包,因此不會泄露或出售給第三方。它保證不會拉取或監控流量,也無需電話號碼即可註冊該服務。
根據《福布斯》的一篇文章, 在美國接受調查的互聯網用戶中,有66%使用VPN來幫助保護個人數據,80%使用VPN來提高安全性,33%使用VPN來掩蓋其互聯網活動。更多統計數據可以在這篇《2023年VPN統計與趨勢》文章中找到。
私人:
與大多數其他VPN不同,SekurVPN使用自己的專有基礎架構,不使用任何超大規模或大型科技託管提供商。SekurVPN 僅提供瑞士的 IP 地址。這保證了它只使用SekurVPN自己的服務器和路由。其他VPN提供數百個地點,並且正在使用大型科技提供商,從而損害了用戶的隱私。SekurVPN從不監視用戶的活動,也不會與第三方服務提供商共享任何數據。SekurVPN是一個純粹的VPN,沒有捆綁的外部服務,例如防病毒和廣告攔截器,因此無需與第三方服務提供商共享數據,即可保護用戶信息的私密性。使用SekurVPN,用戶無需在應用程序或網絡上註冊他們的電話號碼,這使得黑客或窺探者無法看到用戶。無需註冊電話號碼,僅限匿名的瑞士IP,無需與任何人進行數據挖掘或流量共享。
安全:
SekurVPN的安全VPN使用最高的加密行業標準與其專有的HeliX技術相結合,通過SekurVPN的私人服務器路由您的所有互聯網流量,僅在瑞士的多個地點,以提高安全性。加密密鑰不存儲在設備上,並且在每次連接時都是唯一的。即使通過不受信任的公共互聯網連接,用戶的密碼、機密數據和上網也能保持加密狀態。
易於使用:
SekurVPN 非常易於設置和部署。沒有國家列表,我們的界面也經過了簡化;只需點擊或點擊連接按鈕即可。SekurVPN簡潔但高度安全和私密的服務讓用戶無需考慮地理位置即可高枕無憂。
目前 SekurVPN 可在 macOS、iOS 和安卓設備上使用。Windows 64、Windows 32和Linux的版本計劃在未來幾周內推出。
除SekurVPN外,該公司還提供捆綁的Sekur計劃,其中包括SekurMessenger和SekurMail作爲捆綁在一起的電子郵件、消息和文件傳輸到一個應用程序中,幷包括該公司最新的SekurMail技術,其中包括一項名爲SekurSend的專有反網絡釣魚和隱私功能。 SekurSend允許用戶在完全隱私和安全的情況下向任何其他收件人發送電子郵件,無論他們是否擁有Sekur,因爲電子郵件永遠不會離開位於瑞士的Sekur加密電子郵件服務器。然後,收件人可以點擊通知並使用SekurReply以相同的方式進行回覆,而無需註冊Sekur帳戶。發件人還可以決定通過添加打開電子郵件的密碼、讀取限制和自毀計時器來保護髮送的任何電子郵件。使用 SekurSend 功能發送電子郵件允許發件人和收件人向電子郵件添加無限大小的附件,而不會擠滿收件人的郵箱。這也消除了針對企業的 BEC 攻擊和電子郵件網絡釣魚攻擊。此外,SekurMail還包括對電子郵件發送的完全控制、大型企業的自動數據導出以及具有實時連續存檔功能的自動數據丟失防護技術(“DLP”)。
最近消息傳遞應用程序中的數據泄露事件使企業和數據隱私倡導者迫切需要保護其通信免受通過移動和臺式機設備進行的網絡攻擊和身份盜用。
SekurMessenger 附帶了一項名爲 “Chat-by-Invite” 的專有功能和技術。此功能允許 SekurMessenger 用戶(“SM 用戶”)通過電子郵件或短信邀請非 SM 用戶或一組非 SM 用戶以完全私密和安全的方式聊天,而無需註冊到 SekurMessenger 或下載應用程序。在聊天結束時,對話的發起者可以遠程終止對話,並從包括收件人在內的所有用戶中刪除所有對話痕跡。這項獨特功能現已全面部署,可在所有 iOS 和 Android 設備以及網絡平台上運行。目標行業衆多,包括但不限於房地產、法律、金融、保險、醫療、政府、能源、製造業、貿易和製藥行業。
SekurMessenger還消除了許多隱私和安全風險,因爲電話號碼會泄露用戶的電話設備ID,但也不會對用戶的電話或計算機聯繫人列表進行社交工程,默認情況下還會感染聯繫人,從而消除了安全和隱私方面的巨大漏洞。SekurMessenger 向每位用戶發放一個用戶名和一個 Sekur 號碼。Sekur號碼是用戶爲了添加其他Sekur用戶而要披露的聯繫人ID。該服務還具有自毀計時器和其他功能,包括Sekur專有的VirtualVaults和HeliX技術,所有數據都存儲在瑞士託管的加密服務器中。
Sekur的數據隱私解決方案全部託管在瑞士,保護用戶的數據免受任何外部數據入侵請求。在瑞士,《瑞士聯邦憲法》第13條保障隱私權。1992年6月19日的《聯邦數據保護法》(“FADP”)(自1993年起生效)規定了對隱私的嚴格保護,幾乎禁止對未經數據主體明確授權的個人數據進行任何處理。該保護受聯邦數據保護和信息專員的授權。
根據瑞士聯邦法律,根據泄露的 “祕密官方討論” 發佈信息是犯罪。2010年,瑞士聯邦最高法院認定,IP地址是個人信息,根據瑞士隱私法,在相關個人不知情的情況下,不得使用IP地址來跟蹤互聯網的使用情況。
關於 Sekur 私人數據有限公司
Sekur Private Data Ltd. 是一家網絡安全和互聯網隱私提供商,提供瑞士託管的安全和私人通信解決方案。該公司分發一套加密的電子郵件、安全信使和安全通信工具。Sekur Private Data Ltd. 通過自己的網站銷售其產品, , 全球經批准的分銷商和電信公司。Sekur私人數據有限公司爲全球消費者、企業和政府提供服務。
代表管理層
SEKUR 私人數據有限公司
Alain Ghiai
總裁兼首席執行官
+1.416.644.8690
corporate@sekurprivatedata.com