{
  "slug": "snipping-tool",
  "category": "screen-recording",
  "name": "Snipping Tool",
  "description": "Microsoft's screenshot and screen recording tool built into Windows. It captures the full screen, a window or a region, with basic markup and on-device text recognition.",
  "website": "https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9mz95kl8mr0l",
  "license": null,
  "platforms": [
    "windows"
  ],
  "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": "Snipping Tool scores 38 out of 100 (grade F) on the screenshots and screen recording criteria. It meets 3 of 6 criteria: no ads or data sales, saved locally by default and no account needed. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry and independent audit. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act.",
  "url": "https://privacyratings.com/screen-recording/snipping-tool/",
  "markdown": "https://privacyratings.com/screen-recording/snipping-tool/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://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/privacy/configure-windows-diagnostic-data-in-your-organization",
      "note": "Required Windows diagnostic data is sent to Microsoft and can only be turned off on Enterprise, Education and Server editions."
    },
    "no_ads": {
      "title": "No ads or data sales",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/privacy/privacystatement#mainadvertisingmodule",
      "note": "No ads in the app, which is included with Windows. Microsoft states it does not use personal files, photos or documents to target ads."
    },
    "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."
    },
    "local_by_default": {
      "title": "Saved locally by default",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/use-snipping-tool-to-capture-screenshots",
      "note": "Snips are saved automatically to the local Screenshots folder."
    },
    "no_account_needed": {
      "title": "No account needed",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/use-snipping-tool-to-capture-screenshots",
      "note": "No account is needed."
    }
  },
  "tests": {
    "ssllabs": null,
    "observatory": null,
    "internetnl_web": null,
    "internetnl_mail": null,
    "trackers": null,
    "tested_at": "2026-10-01T07:02:30.832Z"
  },
  "last_modified": "2026-10-01T07:44:20Z"
}