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Sekur Private Data Ltd
Symbol SKUR
Shares Issued 177,025,441
Close 2023-05-25 C$ 0.12
Market Cap C$ 21,243,053
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Sekur releases Q1 results, talks sales increase

2023-05-25 20:17 ET - News Release

Mr. Alain Ghiai reports

SEKUR PRIVATE DATA LTD. RELEASES UNAUDITED FINANCIALS AND MDA FOR Q1 2023 - SALES INCREASE 50% Q1 2023 VS Q1 2022

Sekur Private Data Ltd. has released its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2023.

Alain Ghiai, chief executive officer of Sekur, said: "We are pleased to show our shareholders that our plan to increase sales while reducing expenses is materializing. Sales were up 50 per cent [first quarter] 2023 versus Q1 2022, expenses were down by 55 per cent in Q1 2023 versus Q1 2022 and we finished Q1 2023 with a solid balance sheet. We intend to continue to follow our plan for 2023, which is to improve our solutions, reduce our customer acquisition cost (CAC) and increase in proportion our digital marketing budgets as the CAC goes down. Our CAC is going down as per our recent news release issued on May 9, 2023, and we are continuing to work to reduce it further. We have achieved great results so far, lowering in some campaigns our CAC as low as $28 (U.S.). The plan is to increase digital marketing as we lower our CAC and scale up from there. We are expecting increased sales for 2023 versus 2022, thanks to a lower CAC and the launch of new solutions and various improvements to our existing ones. We also want to thank all our shareholders for their support, and we look forward to presenting even better financial results for 2023."

On April 7, 2023, the company launched its privacy VPN solution called SekurVPN, and started commercial sales of its highly anticipated SekurVPN privacy and security VPN solution. SekurVPN is priced at $7 (U.S.) per month per user and $70 (U.S.) per year per user for the service. The solution is also offered in U.S. dollars, Canadian dollars, New Zealand dollars, Australian dollars, Singaporean dollars, Swiss francs, euros and British pounds. The company plans to launch SekurVPN in the coming weeks to existing shareholders and Sekur users with a special offer, and move to a larger audience of one million people in the United States through several digital and e-mail marketing campaigns.

SekurVPN is especially meant for privacy enthusiasts and users wanting to mask their Internet protocol address from hackers. An example would be users going to their e-banking or shopping on-line, using their e-mails, using messaging applications, and wanting to have full privacy and protection from hackers hijacking their location and signal. The service guarantees not to use big technology or hyperscalers for its functioning or hosting, 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 study and publication on Forbes, 66 per cent use a VPN to help protect personal data, 80 per cent use a VPN for increased security and 33 per cent use a VPN to mask their Internet activity. More statistics can be found in 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. It offers Swiss IPs only, and 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 anti-virus, 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, and 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 and 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 set up and deploy. There is no country list, and its interface is simplified. Just tap or click the connection button. SekurVPN's no-frill but highly secure and private service gives users peace of mind without thinking about geolocations.

Currently, SekurVPN is available to use with iOS and Android devices. A macOS version and a Windows version 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 e-mail, messaging and file transfer into one application, and includes the company's latest SekurMail technology, which includes proprietary anti-phishing and privacy feature called SekurSend. SekurSend lets a user send an e-mail to any other recipient, whether they have Sekur or not, in full privacy and security as the e-mail never leaves Sekur's encrypted e-mail 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 e-mail sent by adding a password to open it, a read-limit and a self-destruct timer as well. Sending an e-mail with the SekurSend feature allows the senders and recipients to add limitless size attachments to the e-mails without crowding the recipients' e-mail box. This also eliminates BEC attacks for businesses and e-mail phishing attacks. Additionally, SekurMail includes full control of e-mail 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 through mobile and desktop devices.

SekurMessenger comes with a proprietary feature and technology called Chat-By-Invite. This feature allows a SekurMessenger user (SM user) invite by e-mail 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 only 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 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 June 19, 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 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 sells its products through its own website and approved distributors and telecommunications companies worldwide. Sekur serves consumers, businesses and governments worldwide.

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