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  "slug": "standard-notes",
  "category": "notes",
  "name": "Standard Notes",
  "description": "End-to-end encrypted notes app for web, desktop and mobile, with open source clients and server. Paid plans add editors, file storage and more; the server can be self-hosted.",
  "website": "https://standardnotes.com",
  "source": "https://github.com/standardnotes/app",
  "license": "AGPL-3.0",
  "platforms": [],
  "jurisdiction": {
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    "name": "United States",
    "eyes": "Five Eyes",
    "eu": false,
    "gdpr": false,
    "cloud_act": "provider"
  },
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  "pick_reason": null,
  "disclosure": null,
  "grade": "A",
  "score": 90,
  "coverage": 100,
  "summary": "Standard Notes scores 90 out of 100 (grade A) on the notes criteria. It meets 3 of 4 criteria: open source, no trackers or telemetry and no ads or data sales. It partly meets independent audit. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act.",
  "url": "https://privacyratings.com/notes/standard-notes/",
  "markdown": "https://privacyratings.com/notes/standard-notes/index.md",
  "answers": {
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      "title": "Open source",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://github.com/standardnotes/app/blob/main/LICENSE",
      "note": "AGPL-3.0."
    },
    "no_trackers": {
      "title": "No trackers or telemetry",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://standardnotes.com/privacy",
      "note": "The privacy policy rules out third-party tracking and uses self-hosted analytics. Exodus finds no trackers in the Android app."
    },
    "no_ads": {
      "title": "No ads or data sales",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://standardnotes.com/plans",
      "note": "Funded by paid subscriptions. Notes are end-to-end encrypted and not sold."
    },
    "independent_audit": {
      "title": "Independent audit",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://assets.standardnotes.com/security/2022-Pentest-Report.pdf",
      "note": "Cure53 and Trail of Bits have published full reports, but the most recent covers the server backend and is older than three years."
    },
    "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."
    }
  },
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    "observatory": null,
    "internetnl_web": null,
    "internetnl_mail": null,
    "trackers": [],
    "tested_at": "2026-10-01T07:01:06.002Z"
  },
  "last_modified": "2026-10-01T07:44:20Z"
}