There is a nice read in their "About Us" page [2]
[1] - https://riseup.net/en
[2] - https://help.riseup.net/en/about-us
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Though, it is based in Seattle, so what happened to Lavabit can happen to them too, unfortuneately.
Do not let some third party hold your keys, do not use some applet to decrypt your mail. This is public key encryption 101.
There is a nice read in their "About Us" page [2]
[1] - https://riseup.net/en
[2] - https://help.riseup.net/en/about-us
Added:
Though, it is based in Seattle, so what happened to Lavabit can happen to them too, unfortuneately.