{
  "slug": "facetime",
  "category": "video-calls",
  "name": "FaceTime",
  "description": "Apple's audio and video calling app built into iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Vision Pro, supporting group calls and call links that others can join from a web browser.",
  "website": "https://support.apple.com/facetime",
  "license": null,
  "platforms": [
    "macos",
    "ios"
  ],
  "jurisdiction": {
    "code": "US",
    "name": "United States",
    "eyes": "Five Eyes",
    "eu": false,
    "gdpr": false,
    "cloud_act": "provider"
  },
  "pick": false,
  "pick_reason": null,
  "disclosure": null,
  "grade": "D",
  "score": 47,
  "coverage": 100,
  "summary": "FaceTime scores 47 out of 100 (grade D) on the video calls criteria. It meets 2 of 7 criteria: no ads or data sales and end-to-end encrypted. It partly meets no trackers or telemetry and join without an account. It does not meet open source, independent audit and self-hostable. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act.",
  "url": "https://privacyratings.com/video-calls/facetime/",
  "markdown": "https://privacyratings.com/video-calls/facetime/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": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/data/en/device-analytics/",
      "note": "No third-party trackers in the app, and sharing device analytics with Apple is opt-in. Apple web pages load Apple's own analytics (ac-analytics, sent to metrics.apple.com) by default."
    },
    "no_ads": {
      "title": "No ads or data sales",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/en-ww/",
      "note": "No ads in FaceTime. Apple states it does not sell personal 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": "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."
    },
    "e2ee": {
      "title": "End-to-end encrypted",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://support.apple.com/guide/security/facetime-security-seca331c55cd/web",
      "note": "One-to-one and Group FaceTime calls are end-to-end encrypted."
    },
    "no_account_needed": {
      "title": "Join without an account",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/109364",
      "note": "People with a FaceTime link can join from a web browser without an Apple Account; the person creating the link needs an Apple device and account."
    },
    "self_hostable": {
      "title": "Self-hostable",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Hosted only."
    }
  },
  "tests": {
    "ssllabs": null,
    "observatory": null,
    "internetnl_web": null,
    "internetnl_mail": null,
    "trackers": [],
    "tested_at": "2026-10-01T06:38:23.489Z"
  },
  "last_modified": "2026-10-01T06:56:31Z"
}