{
  "slug": "cognito-forms",
  "category": "forms",
  "name": "Cognito Forms",
  "description": "Online form builder with calculations, payments, workflows and document generation, run by Cognito Forms in the United States.",
  "website": "https://www.cognitoforms.com",
  "license": null,
  "platforms": [
    "web"
  ],
  "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": 25,
  "coverage": 100,
  "summary": "Cognito Forms scores 25 out of 100 (grade F) on the forms and surveys criteria. It meets 1 of 8 criteria: TLS configuration. It partly meets no ads or data sales and independent audit. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, transparency report, tells users about requests and security headers. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A+ and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade C.",
  "url": "https://privacyratings.com/forms/cognito-forms/",
  "markdown": "https://privacyratings.com/forms/cognito-forms/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.cognitoforms.com/legal/privacy",
      "note": "The privacy policy states that the website uses Google Analytics. Public and embedded forms do not include it unless the form owner connects their own account."
    },
    "no_ads": {
      "title": "No ads or data sales",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://www.cognitoforms.com/legal/privacy",
      "note": "Funded by paid plans, and the privacy policy states that data is not sold or mined. The website loads the Microsoft Advertising tag."
    },
    "independent_audit": {
      "title": "Independent audit",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://www.cognitoforms.com/support/285/faq/how-do-i-get-a-copy-of-the-cognito-forms-soc-2-audit-report",
      "note": "Has a SOC 2 Type 2 report, available to paid and prospective Enterprise customers under a non-disclosure agreement."
    },
    "transparency_report": {
      "title": "Transparency report",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": "https://www.cognitoforms.com/legal/privacy",
      "note": "No transparency report is published. The privacy policy only says data may be disclosed in response to lawful requests by public authorities."
    },
    "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=www.cognitoforms.com&hideResults=on",
      "note": "Grade A+"
    },
    "security_headers": {
      "title": "Security headers",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/observatory/analyze?host=www.cognitoforms.com",
      "note": "Grade C (50/100+)"
    },
    "web_standards": {
      "title": "Modern web standards",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "pending",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Not tested yet."
    }
  },
  "tests": {
    "ssllabs": "A+",
    "observatory": "C",
    "internetnl_web": null,
    "internetnl_mail": null,
    "trackers": [
      {
        "name": "Google Fonts",
        "host": "fonts.googleapis.com",
        "effect": "none"
      },
      {
        "name": "Google Tag Manager",
        "host": "www.googletagmanager.com",
        "effect": "no"
      },
      {
        "name": "Trustpilot",
        "host": "www.trustpilot.com",
        "effect": "none"
      },
      {
        "name": "VWO",
        "host": "dev.visualwebsiteoptimizer.com",
        "effect": "no"
      }
    ],
    "tested_at": "2026-10-01T07:31:57.190Z"
  },
  "last_modified": "2026-10-01T07:44:20Z"
}