{
  "slug": "mailinblack",
  "category": "spam-filters",
  "name": "Mailinblack",
  "description": "French cloud email security service that filters spam, phishing, ransomware and malicious links for business mailboxes, sold with a password manager and security awareness training.",
  "website": "https://www.mailinblack.com",
  "license": null,
  "platforms": [],
  "jurisdiction": {
    "code": "FR",
    "name": "France",
    "eyes": "Nine Eyes",
    "eu": true,
    "gdpr": true,
    "cloud_act": null
  },
  "pick": false,
  "pick_reason": null,
  "disclosure": null,
  "grade": "F",
  "score": 19,
  "coverage": 100,
  "summary": "Mailinblack scores 19 out of 100 (grade F) on the spam and virus filtering criteria. It meets 1 of 8 criteria: TLS configuration. It partly meets no ads or data sales. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, independent audit, transparency report, tells users about requests and security headers. It is based in France: Nine Eyes member; EU member (GDPR). Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade D-.",
  "url": "https://privacyratings.com/spam-filters/mailinblack/",
  "markdown": "https://privacyratings.com/spam-filters/mailinblack/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://www.mailinblack.com/cookies/",
      "note": "The website loads Google Tag Manager, HubSpot, LinkedIn and Cloudflare Web Analytics."
    },
    "no_ads": {
      "title": "No ads or data sales",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://www.mailinblack.com/politique-de-confidentialite/",
      "note": "Funded by paid subscriptions, but the privacy policy covers targeted advertising based on prospect and visitor data."
    },
    "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=app.mailinblack.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=app.mailinblack.com",
      "note": "Grade D- (25/100+)"
    },
    "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 Tag Manager",
        "host": "www.googletagmanager.com",
        "effect": "no"
      },
      {
        "name": "HubSpot",
        "host": "js.hs-analytics.net",
        "effect": "no"
      },
      {
        "name": "Matomo Cloud",
        "host": "cdn.matomo.cloud",
        "effect": "partial"
      }
    ],
    "tested_at": "2026-10-01T07:06:28.143Z"
  },
  "last_modified": "2026-10-01T07:44:20Z"
}