{
  "slug": "mataroa",
  "category": "blogging",
  "name": "Mataroa",
  "description": "Minimal hosted blogging platform with Markdown posts, RSS and email subscriptions, and full export. Operated by a UK company, with public revenue and cost figures.",
  "website": "https://mataroa.blog",
  "source": "https://github.com/mataroablog/mataroa",
  "license": "AGPL-3.0",
  "platforms": [],
  "jurisdiction": {
    "code": "GB",
    "name": "United Kingdom",
    "eyes": "Five Eyes",
    "eu": false,
    "gdpr": true,
    "cloud_act": "agreement"
  },
  "pick": false,
  "pick_reason": null,
  "disclosure": null,
  "grade": "C",
  "score": 63,
  "coverage": 100,
  "summary": "Mataroa scores 63 out of 100 (grade C) on the blogging criteria. It meets 4 of 8 criteria: open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales and TLS configuration. It does not meet independent audit, transparency report, tells users about requests and security headers. It is based in the United Kingdom: Five Eyes member; GDPR-style data protection law; CLOUD Act data access agreement with the US. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade C.",
  "url": "https://privacyratings.com/blogging/mataroa/",
  "markdown": "https://privacyratings.com/blogging/mataroa/index.md",
  "answers": {
    "open_source": {
      "title": "Open source",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://github.com/mataroablog/mataroa/blob/main/LICENSE",
      "note": "AGPL-3.0."
    },
    "no_trackers": {
      "title": "No trackers or telemetry",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://mataroa.blog/about/methodology/",
      "note": "The methodology page commits to no tracking and no cookies for analytics, advertising or third-party services."
    },
    "no_ads": {
      "title": "No ads or data sales",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://mataroa.blog/about/methodology/",
      "note": "Funded by premium subscriptions. The methodology page commits to no ads and never selling user data."
    },
    "independent_audit": {
      "title": "Independent audit",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "No independent audit is published."
    },
    "transparency_report": {
      "title": "Transparency report",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "No transparency report or government request policy is published."
    },
    "user_notice": {
      "title": "Tells users about requests",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "No published policy on notifying users about data requests."
    },
    "tls": {
      "title": "TLS configuration",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=mataroa.blog&hideResults=on",
      "note": "Grade A"
    },
    "security_headers": {
      "title": "Security headers",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/observatory/analyze?host=mataroa.blog",
      "note": "Grade C (55/100+)"
    },
    "web_standards": {
      "title": "Modern web standards",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "pending",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Not tested yet."
    }
  },
  "tests": {
    "ssllabs": "A",
    "observatory": "C",
    "internetnl_web": null,
    "internetnl_mail": null,
    "trackers": [],
    "tested_at": "2026-10-01T07:03:55.542Z"
  },
  "last_modified": "2026-10-01T07:44:20Z"
}