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Ideas, product updates, and stories about simpler video, European privacy, and the web we want to build.
May 18, 2026
4 min
Why GDPR compliance is an ongoing process
Privacy has become part of the daily digital work. New campaigns, landing pages, analytics tools, embedded content, newsletters, and yes, video platforms all raise the same question: Are we actually handling this correctly?
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May 18, 2026
3 min
Why Mave is moving to Scaleway
A step towards stronger European control and reduced external dependency. Earlier, I wrote about the difference between EU-hosted infrastructure and actual data sovereignty. The core idea was simple: storing data in Europe does not automatically mean European organizations fully control their infrastructure.
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May 11, 2026
4 min
EU-hosted does not mean sovereign
Many platforms position themselves as "sovereign" because their infrastructure is located in Europe. At first glance, that sounds reassuring. Data stays inside the EU, under European hosting providers, inside European datacenters. But the physical location of your data is only part of the story.
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May 6, 2026
3 min
Why ISO 27001 matters when choosing a video platform
Not everything that matters is visible. Performance and design are easy to judge, but security, privacy, and internal controls are not. Those are often the areas where the biggest risks sit.
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Apr 28, 2026
2 min
Mave achieves ISO 27001 certification
The Mave ISMS has officially achieved ISO 27001 certification. With this milestone, we meet the international standard for information security management systems (ISMS) - a globally recognized framework for protecting information in a structured, verifiable way. This certification marks another step forward in how we build and run Mave.
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Mar 23, 2026
3 min
The path toward open source video infrastructure in Europe
We're building toward a more fully open source Mave, step by step: open standards, no lock-in, real portability, and privacy by design for video infrastructure in Europe.
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Mar 2, 2026
5 min
Mave Accessible Video Player - WCAG 2.2 AA
The digital world should work for everyone. Video plays a central role in how people experience the web, but it only truly works when it’s accessible.
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Feb 3, 2026
4 min
Europe wants less Big Tech. Here’s what that means for video.
Europe wants to reduce dependence on non-EU platforms and regain control over digital infrastructure. For organisations that use video, that changes everyday choices about hosting, data flows, and control.
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Jan 27, 2026
5 min
YouTube no-cookie is not enough for Europe
For years, cookie banners have been the web’s awkward compromise between privacy and usability. Europe is now moving consent into the browser, and that changes everything. Especially for online video, which has quietly depended on tracking far more than most people realize.
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Jan 6, 2026
4 min
The end of cookie-based video in Europe
For years, cookie banners have been the web’s awkward compromise between privacy and usability. Europe is now moving consent into the browser, and that changes everything. Especially for online video, which has quietly depended on tracking far more than most people realize.
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