{
  "slug": "proton-docs",
  "category": "office-suites",
  "name": "Proton Docs",
  "description": "End-to-end encrypted document editor built into Proton Drive, with real-time collaboration, comments and suggestions.",
  "website": "https://proton.me/drive/docs",
  "source": "https://github.com/ProtonMail/WebClients",
  "license": "GPL-3.0",
  "platforms": [
    "web"
  ],
  "jurisdiction": {
    "code": "CH",
    "name": "Switzerland",
    "eyes": null,
    "eu": false,
    "gdpr": true,
    "cloud_act": null
  },
  "pick": false,
  "pick_reason": null,
  "disclosure": null,
  "grade": "B",
  "score": 75,
  "coverage": 100,
  "summary": "Proton Docs scores 75 out of 100 (grade B) on the office suites criteria. It meets 5 of 8 criteria: no ads or data sales, transparency report, tells users about requests, TLS configuration and security headers. It partly meets open source, no trackers or telemetry and independent audit. It is based in Switzerland: Not in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes; GDPR-style data protection law. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A+ and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade A+.",
  "url": "https://privacyratings.com/office-suites/proton-docs/",
  "markdown": "https://privacyratings.com/office-suites/proton-docs/index.md",
  "answers": {
    "open_source": {
      "title": "Open source",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://github.com/ProtonMail/WebClients/blob/main/LICENSE",
      "note": "The web apps, including Docs, are GPL-3.0. The server is not open source."
    },
    "no_trackers": {
      "title": "No trackers or telemetry",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://proton.me/legal/privacy",
      "note": "Website analytics are self-hosted. The apps include crash reporting and usage statistics, which are on by default and can be turned off."
    },
    "no_ads": {
      "title": "No ads or data sales",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://proton.me/drive/pricing",
      "note": "Funded by paid plans, with no ads on any plan."
    },
    "independent_audit": {
      "title": "Independent audit",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://proton.me/blog/soc-2",
      "note": "Proton completed a SOC 2 Type II audit, but the report is not public."
    },
    "transparency_report": {
      "title": "Transparency report",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://proton.me/legal/transparency",
      "note": "Publishes yearly counts of legal orders received, complied with and contested."
    },
    "user_notice": {
      "title": "Tells users about requests",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://proton.me/legal/law-enforcement",
      "note": "Targeted users are notified of data requests, with delays only when Swiss law, a court order or a risk to life requires it."
    },
    "tls": {
      "title": "TLS configuration",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=docs.proton.me&hideResults=on",
      "note": "Grade A+"
    },
    "security_headers": {
      "title": "Security headers",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/observatory/analyze?host=docs.proton.me",
      "note": "Grade A+ (115/100+)"
    },
    "web_standards": {
      "title": "Modern web standards",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "pending",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Not tested yet."
    }
  },
  "tests": {
    "ssllabs": "A+",
    "observatory": "A+",
    "internetnl_web": null,
    "internetnl_mail": null,
    "trackers": [],
    "tested_at": "2026-10-01T06:38:54.873Z"
  },
  "last_modified": "2026-10-01T06:56:31Z"
}