public institutions using Okular?

[Ingo Klöcker]

On Dienstag, 20. Oktober 2026 10:55:11 Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit Joseph P. 
De Veaugh-Geiss wrote:
> Hello Okular devs,

No Okular dev, but I'll answer anyway with what I know.

> I am compiling a list of public institutions that use KDE Plasma and KDE
> applications as part of KDE's digital sovereignty strategy. To support
> this effort, I have a few questions for the Okular team:
> 
> 1. Do you know of any public institutions that use Okular or other KDE
> software? (Not just in Europe!) If so, do you have any contacts there
> who might be willing to talk to us?

Okular is part of Gpg4win (gpg4win.org) which is sold to public institutions 
(mostly in Germany) by g10 Code GmbH under the brand GnuPG VS-Desktop. It's 
unclear how many people use Okular because Okular is just a free add-on to 
GnuPG VS-Desktop. The institutions buy GnuPG VS-Desktop primarily for the PGP 
encryption that's provided by Kleopatra (a KDE project) and GpgOL (an Outlook 
plugin by g10 Code GmbH). I don't have any contacts. Maybe g10 Code GmbH can 
give you some contacts.

> 2. Have you ever received a compliance request from a public authority
> related to Okular or other KDE software? (GDPR compliance and the like.)
> If permitted, could you provide contact info?

GnuPG VS-Desktop is approved for transmitting confidential documents classified 
as VS-NfD (a German classification level). GDPR compliance might be part of the 
approval. (see https://www.gnupg.com/gnupg-vs-desktop.html)

Regards,
Ingo
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