{
  "slug": "njalla",
  "category": "domain-registrars",
  "name": "Njalla",
  "description": "Domain service run by njalla.srl in Costa Rica. Njalla registers domains in its own name and grants customers full usage rights, and accepts cryptocurrency.",
  "website": "https://njal.la/domains/",
  "license": null,
  "platforms": [],
  "jurisdiction": {
    "code": "CR",
    "name": "Costa Rica",
    "eyes": null,
    "eu": false,
    "gdpr": false,
    "cloud_act": null
  },
  "pick": false,
  "pick_reason": null,
  "disclosure": null,
  "grade": "D",
  "score": 57,
  "coverage": 100,
  "summary": "Njalla scores 57 out of 100 (grade D) on the domain registrars criteria. It meets 6 of 12 criteria: no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales, TLS configuration, Free WHOIS privacy, honest renewal pricing and two-factor login. It partly meets security headers. It does not meet open source, independent audit, transparency report, tells users about requests and transfer and registry lock. It is based in Costa Rica: Not in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A+ and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade B+.",
  "url": "https://privacyratings.com/domain-registrars/njalla/",
  "markdown": "https://privacyratings.com/domain-registrars/njalla/index.md",
  "answers": {
    "open_source": {
      "title": "Open source",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Closed source."
    },
    "no_trackers": {
      "title": "No trackers or telemetry",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://njal.la/tos/",
      "note": "The terms say no data is collected beyond the email or XMPP address and password, and the website loads only its own scripts."
    },
    "no_ads": {
      "title": "No ads or data sales",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://njal.la/pricing/",
      "note": "Funded by paid domain registrations. No 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": "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=njal.la&hideResults=on",
      "note": "Grade A+"
    },
    "security_headers": {
      "title": "Security headers",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/observatory/analyze?host=njal.la",
      "note": "Grade B+ (80/100+)"
    },
    "web_standards": {
      "title": "Modern web standards",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "pending",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Not tested yet."
    },
    "free_whois_privacy": {
      "title": "Free WHOIS privacy",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://njal.la/faq/",
      "note": "Njalla owns every domain on the customer's behalf, so the customer's details never appear in WHOIS, at no extra cost."
    },
    "at_cost_renewals": {
      "title": "Honest renewal pricing",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://njal.la/pricing/",
      "note": "Each extension has one flat yearly price for registration and renewal."
    },
    "two_factor": {
      "title": "Two-factor login",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://njal.la/static/CACHE/js/njalla.84ac836b6fcb.js",
      "note": "The site code supports TOTP one-time passwords and WebAuthn security keys for login."
    },
    "registry_lock": {
      "title": "Transfer and registry lock",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": "https://njal.la/faq/",
      "note": "Neither a transfer lock setting nor a registry lock service is documented."
    }
  },
  "tests": {
    "ssllabs": "A+",
    "observatory": "B+",
    "internetnl_web": null,
    "internetnl_mail": null,
    "trackers": [],
    "tested_at": "2026-10-01T06:38:53.157Z"
  },
  "last_modified": "2026-10-01T06:56:31Z"
}