{
  "slug": "microsoft-swiftkey",
  "category": "keyboards",
  "name": "Microsoft SwiftKey",
  "description": "Microsoft's keyboard app for Android and iOS, with learned word predictions, swipe typing, cloud backup through a Microsoft account, and built-in Copilot and Bing features.",
  "website": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/swiftkey",
  "license": null,
  "platforms": [
    "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": 0,
  "coverage": 100,
  "summary": "Microsoft SwiftKey scores 0 out of 100 (grade F) on the mobile keyboards criteria. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales, independent audit and works offline. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act.",
  "url": "https://privacyratings.com/keyboards/microsoft-swiftkey/",
  "markdown": "https://privacyratings.com/keyboards/microsoft-swiftkey/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://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/com.touchtype.swiftkey/latest/",
      "note": "Exodus found Adjust, Google Analytics, Google Crashlytics and Google Tag Manager in the Android app."
    },
    "no_ads": {
      "title": "No ads or data sales",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/privacy/privacystatement",
      "note": "The app bundles the Adjust ad attribution SDK, and Microsoft's privacy statement covers using data for personalized 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."
    },
    "offline": {
      "title": "Works offline",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/privacy/privacystatement",
      "note": "Has network access for built-in cloud features such as Copilot, Bing, GIF search and backup, and can send typing snippets to Microsoft when opted in."
    }
  },
  "tests": {
    "ssllabs": null,
    "observatory": null,
    "internetnl_web": null,
    "internetnl_mail": null,
    "trackers": [
      {
        "name": "Impact",
        "host": "d.impactradius-event.com",
        "effect": "no"
      },
      {
        "name": "Microsoft Ads",
        "host": "bat.bing.com",
        "effect": "no"
      },
      {
        "name": "Microsoft Clarity",
        "host": "www.clarity.ms",
        "effect": "no"
      }
    ],
    "tested_at": "2026-10-01T06:38:34.693Z"
  },
  "last_modified": "2026-10-01T06:56:31Z"
}