{
  "slug": "backblaze-personal-backup",
  "category": "file-sync",
  "name": "Backblaze Personal Backup",
  "description": "Automatic cloud backup service for Windows and Mac computers with unlimited storage, file versioning and restores by download or mailed drive. An optional private encryption key keeps data unreadable to Backblaze.",
  "website": "https://www.backblaze.com/cloud-backup/personal",
  "license": null,
  "platforms": [
    "web",
    "windows",
    "macos",
    "android",
    "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": "F",
  "score": 30,
  "coverage": 100,
  "summary": "Backblaze Personal Backup scores 30 out of 100 (grade F) on the file sync and backup criteria. It meets 1 of 4 criteria: no ads or data sales. It partly meets independent audit. It does not meet open source and no trackers or telemetry. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act.",
  "url": "https://privacyratings.com/file-sync/backblaze-personal-backup/",
  "markdown": "https://privacyratings.com/file-sync/backblaze-personal-backup/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": "https://www.backblaze.com/company/policy/privacy",
      "note": "The website uses Google Tag Manager, VWO and third-party tools that record visitor clicks and mouse movement."
    },
    "no_ads": {
      "title": "No ads or data sales",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://www.backblaze.com/cloud-backup/pricing",
      "note": "Funded by paid subscriptions, with no ads. The privacy policy says contact details are not shared with other companies for marketing."
    },
    "independent_audit": {
      "title": "Independent audit",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://www.backblaze.com/cloud-backup/security",
      "note": "States it is SSAE-18 SOC 2 compliant, but the report is not public."
    },
    "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": "Google reCAPTCHA",
        "host": "www.google.com",
        "effect": "none"
      },
      {
        "name": "Google Tag Manager",
        "host": "www.googletagmanager.com",
        "effect": "no"
      },
      {
        "name": "HubSpot",
        "host": "js.hs-scripts.com",
        "effect": "no"
      },
      {
        "name": "OneTrust",
        "host": "cdn.cookielaw.org",
        "effect": "none"
      },
      {
        "name": "VWO",
        "host": "dev.visualwebsiteoptimizer.com",
        "effect": "no"
      }
    ],
    "tested_at": "2026-10-01T06:38:43.192Z"
  },
  "last_modified": "2026-10-01T06:56:31Z"
}