{
  "slug": "apple-mail",
  "category": "email-clients",
  "name": "Apple Mail",
  "description": "Email app built into macOS, iOS and iPadOS. Works with iCloud Mail and any IMAP, POP3 or Exchange account.",
  "website": "https://support.apple.com/mail",
  "license": null,
  "platforms": [
    "macos",
    "ios"
  ],
  "jurisdiction": {
    "code": "US",
    "name": "United States",
    "eyes": "Five Eyes",
    "eu": false,
    "gdpr": false,
    "cloud_act": "provider"
  },
  "pick": false,
  "pick_reason": null,
  "disclosure": null,
  "grade": "D",
  "score": 47,
  "coverage": 100,
  "summary": "Apple Mail scores 47 out of 100 (grade D) on the email clients criteria. It meets 3 of 8 criteria: no ads or data sales, connects directly and works with any provider. It partly meets no trackers or telemetry and blocks remote content. It does not meet open source, independent audit and OpenPGP support. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act.",
  "url": "https://privacyratings.com/email-clients/apple-mail/",
  "markdown": "https://privacyratings.com/email-clients/apple-mail/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": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/data/en/device-analytics/",
      "note": "No third-party trackers in the app, and sharing device analytics with Apple is opt-in. Apple web pages load Apple's own analytics (ac-analytics, sent to metrics.apple.com) by default."
    },
    "no_ads": {
      "title": "No ads or data sales",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/en-ww/",
      "note": "Included with Apple devices and shows no ads. Apple states that it does not sell personal 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": "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."
    },
    "openpgp": {
      "title": "OpenPGP support",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Not supported. S/MIME is built in."
    },
    "no_cloud_relay": {
      "title": "Connects directly",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/data/en/mail-privacy-protection/",
      "note": "Connects directly to mail servers. With Mail Privacy Protection, only remote content is fetched through Apple relays."
    },
    "remote_content_blocked": {
      "title": "Blocks remote content",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/use-mail-privacy-protection-iphf084865c7/ios",
      "note": "Mail Privacy Protection loads remote content privately through relays instead of blocking it. Remote content can be fully blocked in settings."
    },
    "any_provider": {
      "title": "Works with any provider",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://support.apple.com/guide/mail/add-and-manage-email-accounts-mail35803/mac",
      "note": "Works with any IMAP, POP3 and Exchange provider."
    }
  },
  "tests": {
    "ssllabs": null,
    "observatory": null,
    "internetnl_web": null,
    "internetnl_mail": null,
    "trackers": [],
    "tested_at": "2026-10-01T07:02:34.508Z"
  },
  "last_modified": "2026-10-01T07:44:20Z"
}