DeutschA server of its own
Each company’s chat runs on its own Matrix server, separate from every other company.
Your data
Your chat on a server of its own, in Germany
Every company on XenRooms gets a chat server of its own in our data centre in Germany (Hetzner) – no database shared with other companies – or runs it on its own servers with Xenaxio On-Premise. Messages travel encrypted; there is no end-to-end encryption, so that search, AI and your administrator can work.
What you do with it
Germany or with you
Our data centre in Germany (Hetzner), or your servers with Xenaxio On-Premise.
Plainly said
Encrypted in transit (TLS), no end-to-end encryption – like Slack, Teams and Mattermost.
Open source and open standard
The web client is open source (AGPL), the chat server Tuwunel (Apache-2.0), the protocol Matrix.
In detail
- A chat server of its own for every company, not shared with other companies
- Data centre in Germany (Hetzner) or your own servers
- Encrypted in transit (TLS); no end-to-end encryption, said plainly
- Passwords stored only as a hash; invitation and reset links valid for a short time
- The administrator decides who the team chats with outside the company
- Messages in channels shared with other companies are also stored on their servers
- The AI reads with each person’s permissions, never writes, no training on your messages
- Data processing agreement (Art. 28 GDPR) on request
- Web client open source (AGPL-3.0), chat server Tuwunel (Apache-2.0), protocol Matrix – no lock-in
Questions
Is XenRooms GDPR compliant?
XenRooms is built for it: each company’s chat runs on its own server in Germany (Hetzner) or on its own premises, and a data processing agreement under Art. 28 GDPR is available on request.
Why is there no end-to-end encryption?
With end-to-end encryption the server cannot read messages – so search, the AI summary and the administrator’s control would not work. Slack, Teams and Mattermost work the same way. Messages travel encrypted (TLS) and stay on your own chat server.
Who can read our messages?
The people in the channel, your administrator for administration, and the AI with the permissions of the person who asks. In shared channels also the other companies in them.
Can we run XenRooms on our own servers?
Yes, as part of Xenaxio On-Premise – together with email, calendar, files and your own AI model, if you like.
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