App hosting platforms
Cloudflare Workers privacy rating
Serverless platform that runs JavaScript, TypeScript, Python and WebAssembly on Cloudflare's global network, and hosts static sites and full-stack apps, including those formerly on Cloudflare Pages.
Summary
Cloudflare Workers scores 47 out of 100 (grade D) on the app hosting platforms criteria. It meets 3 of 8 criteria: transparency report, tells users about requests and TLS configuration. It partly meets no ads or data sales, independent audit and security headers. It does not meet open source and no trackers or telemetry. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade B+.
Score 47 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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No
Open source Weight 3 of 3
Is all the source code needed to run the product public?
The platform is closed source. The workerd runtime and the Wrangler CLI are open source.
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No
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
The website loads Google Tag Manager and Intercom, and the privacy policy describes advertising cookies.
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Partial
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Funded by paid plans and does not sell personal information, but marketing and advertising partners receive website data to advertise Cloudflare's services.
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Partial
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
SOC 2, ISO 27001 and PCI reports exist but are only available to account administrators in the dashboard.
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Yes
Transparency report Weight 2 of 3
Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
Semi-annual reports with counts of legal requests and responses.
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Yes
Tells users about requests Weight 1 of 3
Does the provider promise to tell users about requests for their data, unless a court forbids it?
The transparency report states customers are notified of legal requests unless legally prohibited.
Automated tests
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Yes
TLS configuration Weight 2 of 3
Does the website pass the Qualys SSL Labs test with a grade of A or better?
Grade A
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Partial
Security headers Weight 1 of 3
Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
Grade B+ (80/100+)
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Not tested yet
Modern web standards Weight 1 of 3
Does the website score 90% or higher on the Internet.nl website test?
Not tested yet.