{
  "slug": "microsoft-forms",
  "category": "forms",
  "name": "Microsoft Forms",
  "description": "Microsoft's online form, survey and quiz builder, included with Microsoft 365 and free with a Microsoft account. Responses can be exported to Excel.",
  "website": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/online-surveys-polls-quizzes",
  "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": 38,
  "coverage": 100,
  "summary": "Microsoft Forms scores 38 out of 100 (grade F) on the forms and surveys criteria. It meets 3 of 8 criteria: transparency report, tells users about requests and TLS configuration. It partly meets independent audit. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales 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 B-.",
  "url": "https://privacyratings.com/forms/microsoft-forms/",
  "markdown": "https://privacyratings.com/forms/microsoft-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.microsoft.com/en-us/privacy/privacystatement",
      "note": "Microsoft collects usage and diagnostic data and uses data about users for personalized advertising."
    },
    "no_ads": {
      "title": "No ads or data sales",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/privacy/privacystatement#mainadvertisingmodule",
      "note": "Forms shows no ads, but Microsoft uses data about users of its services for personalized advertising. Document contents are excluded."
    },
    "independent_audit": {
      "title": "Independent audit",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/compliance/regulatory/offering-soc-2",
      "note": "Forms is in scope of Microsoft's SOC 2 Type 2 audits. The full reports are only available through the Service Trust Portal after sign-in."
    },
    "transparency_report": {
      "title": "Transparency report",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/corporate-responsibility/reports/government-requests/customer-data",
      "note": "Publishes counts of government requests for customer data twice a year."
    },
    "user_notice": {
      "title": "Tells users about requests",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/corporate-responsibility/reports/government-requests/customer-data",
      "note": "Microsoft gives prior notice to users whose data is requested, except where prohibited by law or in emergencies."
    },
    "tls": {
      "title": "TLS configuration",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=forms.cloud.microsoft&hideResults=on",
      "note": "Grade A"
    },
    "security_headers": {
      "title": "Security headers",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/observatory/analyze?host=forms.cloud.microsoft",
      "note": "Grade B- (65/100+)"
    },
    "web_standards": {
      "title": "Modern web standards",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "pending",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Not tested yet."
    }
  },
  "tests": {
    "ssllabs": "A",
    "observatory": "B-",
    "internetnl_web": null,
    "internetnl_mail": null,
    "trackers": [],
    "tested_at": "2026-10-01T06:38:55.764Z"
  },
  "last_modified": "2026-10-01T06:56:31Z"
}