{
  "slug": "simple-analytics",
  "category": "web-analytics",
  "name": "Simple Analytics",
  "description": "Hosted web analytics from the Netherlands that counts page views and unique visits without cookies, fingerprinting or IP addresses.",
  "website": "https://www.simpleanalytics.com",
  "source": "https://github.com/simpleanalytics/scripts",
  "license": "MIT",
  "platforms": [
    "web"
  ],
  "jurisdiction": {
    "code": "NL",
    "name": "Netherlands",
    "eyes": "Nine Eyes",
    "eu": true,
    "gdpr": true,
    "cloud_act": null
  },
  "pick": false,
  "pick_reason": null,
  "disclosure": null,
  "grade": "C",
  "score": 61,
  "coverage": 100,
  "summary": "Simple Analytics scores 61 out of 100 (grade C) on the website analytics criteria. It meets 5 of 11 criteria: no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales, TLS configuration, no cookies and no personal data. It partly meets open source. It does not meet independent audit, transparency report, tells users about requests, security headers and self-hostable. It is based in the Netherlands: Nine Eyes member; EU member (GDPR). Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A+ and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade B-.",
  "url": "https://privacyratings.com/web-analytics/simple-analytics/",
  "markdown": "https://privacyratings.com/web-analytics/simple-analytics/index.md",
  "answers": {
    "open_source": {
      "title": "Open source",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://github.com/simpleanalytics/scripts/blob/main/LICENSE",
      "note": "The tracking scripts are MIT, but the hosted analytics service is closed source."
    },
    "no_trackers": {
      "title": "No trackers or telemetry",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://www.simpleanalytics.com/privacy-policy",
      "note": "No third-party trackers. The website uses Simple Analytics' own analytics, which are cookieless and aggregate-only."
    },
    "no_ads": {
      "title": "No ads or data sales",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://www.simpleanalytics.com/privacy-policy",
      "note": "Funded by subscriptions. The privacy policy states data is never sold to third parties."
    },
    "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=www.simpleanalytics.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=www.simpleanalytics.com",
      "note": "Grade B- (65/100+)"
    },
    "web_standards": {
      "title": "Modern web standards",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "pending",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Not tested yet."
    },
    "no_cookies": {
      "title": "No cookies",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://docs.simpleanalytics.com/what-we-collect",
      "note": "No cookies, local storage, fingerprinting or IP hashing are used."
    },
    "no_personal_data": {
      "title": "No personal data",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://docs.simpleanalytics.com/what-we-collect",
      "note": "IP addresses are not collected or stored, and country is derived from the visitor's time zone."
    },
    "self_hostable": {
      "title": "Self-hostable",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Hosted only."
    }
  },
  "tests": {
    "ssllabs": "A+",
    "observatory": "B-",
    "internetnl_web": null,
    "internetnl_mail": null,
    "trackers": [
      {
        "name": "Simple Analytics",
        "host": "scripts.simpleanalyticscdn.com",
        "effect": "partial"
      }
    ],
    "tested_at": "2026-10-01T06:59:46.652Z"
  },
  "last_modified": "2026-10-01T07:44:20Z"
}