{
  "slug": "mailstore-home",
  "category": "email-backup",
  "name": "MailStore Home",
  "description": "Free Windows program for private use that archives mail from IMAP and POP3 accounts, Gmail, Outlook.com, Outlook, Thunderbird and PST or EML files into one searchable local archive, and can restore messages.",
  "website": "https://www.mailstore.com/en/products/mailstore-home/",
  "license": null,
  "platforms": [
    "windows"
  ],
  "jurisdiction": {
    "code": "DE",
    "name": "Germany",
    "eyes": "Fourteen Eyes",
    "eu": true,
    "gdpr": true,
    "cloud_act": null
  },
  "pick": false,
  "pick_reason": null,
  "disclosure": null,
  "grade": "F",
  "score": 10,
  "coverage": 100,
  "summary": "MailStore Home scores 10 out of 100 (grade F) on the email backup tools criteria. It partly meets no ads or data sales. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry and independent audit. It is based in Germany: Fourteen Eyes member; EU member (GDPR).",
  "url": "https://privacyratings.com/email-backup/mailstore-home/",
  "markdown": "https://privacyratings.com/email-backup/mailstore-home/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": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "The website loads Google Tag Manager, and the OpenText privacy policy describes third-party tracking cookies."
    },
    "no_ads": {
      "title": "No ads or data sales",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://www.opentext.com/about/privacy",
      "note": "Free for private use and funded by the paid MailStore Server product, with no ads in the program. The OpenText privacy policy covers sharing website data with service providers for targeted advertising."
    },
    "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."
    }
  },
  "tests": {
    "ssllabs": null,
    "observatory": null,
    "internetnl_web": null,
    "internetnl_mail": null,
    "trackers": [
      {
        "name": "Cloudflare Web Analytics",
        "host": "static.cloudflareinsights.com",
        "effect": "partial"
      },
      {
        "name": "Google Tag Manager",
        "host": "www.googletagmanager.com",
        "effect": "no"
      }
    ],
    "tested_at": "2026-10-01T07:01:39.309Z"
  },
  "last_modified": "2026-10-01T07:44:20Z"
}