{
  "slug": "microsoft-edge",
  "category": "browsers",
  "name": "Microsoft Edge",
  "description": "Microsoft's browser, built on Chromium and bundled with Windows.",
  "website": "https://www.microsoft.com/edge",
  "license": null,
  "platforms": [],
  "jurisdiction": {
    "code": "US",
    "name": "United States",
    "eyes": "Five Eyes",
    "eu": false,
    "gdpr": false,
    "cloud_act": "provider"
  },
  "pick": false,
  "pick_reason": null,
  "disclosure": null,
  "grade": "F",
  "score": 30,
  "coverage": 100,
  "summary": "Microsoft Edge scores 30 out of 100 (grade F) on the browsers criteria. It meets 1 of 8 criteria: timely security updates. It partly meets open source and blocks trackers by default. It does not meet no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales, independent audit, fingerprinting protection and no calls to big-tech services. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act.",
  "url": "https://privacyratings.com/browsers/microsoft-edge/",
  "markdown": "https://privacyratings.com/browsers/microsoft-edge/index.md",
  "answers": {
    "open_source": {
      "title": "Open source",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src",
      "note": "Built on open-source Chromium, but Edge itself is closed source."
    },
    "no_trackers": {
      "title": "No trackers or telemetry",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/microsoft-edge/privacy",
      "note": "Required diagnostic data is sent to Microsoft and cannot be turned off."
    },
    "no_ads": {
      "title": "No ads or data sales",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/microsoft-edge/privacy",
      "note": "Shows ads and sponsored content on the New Tab page, and browsing activity can be used to personalize Microsoft ads."
    },
    "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": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "user_notice": {
      "title": "Tells users about requests",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "tls": {
      "title": "TLS configuration",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "security_headers": {
      "title": "Security headers",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "web_standards": {
      "title": "Modern web standards",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "tracker_blocking": {
      "title": "Blocks trackers by default",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/web-platform/tracking-prevention",
      "note": "Tracking prevention is on in Balanced mode by default, which blocks some trackers."
    },
    "fingerprinting_protection": {
      "title": "Fingerprinting protection",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/web-platform/tracking-prevention",
      "note": "Tracking prevention blocks some known fingerprinting scripts by list, but fingerprinting data is not randomized or standardized."
    },
    "no_google_services": {
      "title": "No calls to big-tech services",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/microsoft-edge/privacy",
      "note": "Required diagnostic data and other Microsoft services are built in and cannot be fully turned off."
    },
    "security_updates": {
      "title": "Timely security updates",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-relnotes-security",
      "note": "Chromium security fixes ship within days and install automatically."
    }
  },
  "tests": {
    "ssllabs": null,
    "observatory": null,
    "internetnl_web": null,
    "internetnl_mail": null,
    "trackers": [],
    "tested_at": "2026-10-01T07:01:55.018Z"
  },
  "last_modified": "2026-10-01T07:44:20Z"
}