what about Microsoft Outlook for an email? I don't know about encryption or data sharing but I've used it for college and it works for me.

Get off the Internets, live in the woods and communicate using ravens.

I think he wants an email provider from a company that doesn't have NSA spying. 

Google rocks, without them we would still be using stone tablets...

--- Sent from my Android phone using Chrome browser ---

I don't know how you can access this website with all the ads and pop-ups that are prevelent on the mobile version

I really don't have that problem, I wasn't aware it is such. There are a few adds, but in my 3 months as a registered user, I still haven't had a single pop-up. Nor did they pop up while I was just lurking for a year or so.

Google loves you. You love Google. Google will weep over your betrayal. Google will embrace you with open arms and warm food and drink when you, son of Google, returns home.

Google it.

If you are afraid of companies sharing your data, might as well leave the internet completely.

It's the price you pay for everything being free.

Yeah all those "google rocks" is very helpful for OP and the ones interested.

What's the engine that duckduckgo uses, is it Bing?

I changed my email to gmx, it's a free one and probably won't encrypt the data as you want, but it's decent and I like it.