{
  "slug": "redirect-detective",
  "category": "online-privacy-tools",
  "name": "Redirect Detective",
  "description": "Traces the full redirect chain of a URL, such as a shortened or affiliate link, and shows where it ends without opening it in a browser.",
  "website": "https://redirectdetective.com",
  "license": null,
  "platforms": [],
  "jurisdiction": null,
  "pick": false,
  "pick_reason": null,
  "disclosure": null,
  "grade": "F",
  "score": 25,
  "coverage": 100,
  "summary": "Redirect Detective scores 25 out of 100 (grade F) on the privacy test tools criteria. It meets 2 of 8 criteria: no ads or data sales and TLS configuration. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, independent audit, transparency report, tells users about requests and security headers. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade D.",
  "url": "https://privacyratings.com/online-privacy-tools/redirect-detective/",
  "markdown": "https://privacyratings.com/online-privacy-tools/redirect-detective/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://redirectdetective.com/",
      "note": "The pages load the Google Analytics ga.js script; no privacy policy is published."
    },
    "no_ads": {
      "title": "No ads or data sales",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://redirectdetective.com/",
      "note": "The free tool shows no ads and has no accounts."
    },
    "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": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "No transparency report or government request policy is published."
    },
    "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=redirectdetective.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=redirectdetective.com",
      "note": "Grade D (30/100+)"
    },
    "web_standards": {
      "title": "Modern web standards",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "pending",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Not tested yet."
    }
  },
  "tests": {
    "ssllabs": "A",
    "observatory": "D",
    "internetnl_web": null,
    "internetnl_mail": null,
    "trackers": [
      {
        "name": "Google Fonts",
        "host": "fonts.googleapis.com",
        "effect": "none"
      }
    ],
    "tested_at": "2026-10-01T07:01:21.391Z"
  },
  "last_modified": "2026-10-01T07:44:20Z"
}