Register No. 026
Is Digitale Gesellschaft European?
Yes. Digitale Gesellschaft is under verified European control.
Latest
Nothing new on file since the check on 4 September 2026. Seen news about Digitale Gesellschaft? Send it with a source.
- Controlled by
- Digitale Gesellschaft, a member-governed Swiss association
- Control sits in
- Switzerland
- Seat
Switzerland- Last checked
About Digitale Gesellschaft
Digitale Gesellschaft is a Swiss non-profit that operates a public DNS resolver. It supports DNSSEC as well as DNS over TLS and DNS over HTTPS, so queries can be encrypted on all the common platforms.
Evidence 2
- Digitale Gesellschaft association statutesdigitale-gesellschaft.ch ↗
- Digitale Gesellschaft DNS servicedigitale-gesellschaft.ch ↗
Sources were opened and read on the date of the check. Registers and websites change; if one of these no longer says what we cite it for, tell us.
Product
Digitale Gesellschaft
digitale-gesellschaft.ch ↗Public DNS resolver from Switzerland
The resolver is run by a Swiss digital rights association rather than an advertising company, which makes it a European alternative to the well known American public DNS services. The page describing it is only available in German. It suits users who want an operator with a stated privacy mission.
- Instead of
- 1.1.1.1, Google Public DNS and OpenDNS
- Suits
- Users who want encrypted DNS from a rights organisation
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Operations
Who runs the parts of the service we could observe from outside, checked 4 September 2026. A provider's control can differ from where its servers stand.
| Part | Provider | Provider control | What we saw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public website | Cleura | European | A 89.45.227.53 · CNAME digitale-gesellschaft.ch · AS42695 [1] [2] |
| Incoming email | mail.datenreisen.ch | Unknown | MX 10 mail.datenreisen.ch [1] |
| Outgoing email | Direct or undisclosed mail senders | Unknown | SPF v=spf1 ip4:89.45.227.158 -all [1] |
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