App hosting platforms
Netlify privacy rating
Platform for building and deploying websites and web apps from Git, with a global CDN, serverless and edge functions, forms and deploy previews.
Summary
Netlify scores 32 out of 100 (grade F) on the app hosting platforms criteria. It meets 2 of 9 criteria: tells users about requests and TLS configuration. It partly meets independent audit, transparency report and security headers. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales and modern web standards. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A+, Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade B+ and Internet.nl website score 66%.
Score 32 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?
Closed source. The Netlify CLI is open source, but the platform is not.
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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, HubSpot and DoubleClick, and the privacy statement describes interest-based advertising cookies.
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No
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
The privacy statement says it uses services that deliver interest-based ads and may transfer personal information to business partners for their use.
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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 Type 2 reports are only available to Enterprise customers; the ISO 27001 certificate is public.
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Partial
Transparency report Weight 2 of 3
Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
The data processing addendum sets out how public authority requests are handled, but no request counts are published.
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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 data processing addendum promises to notify customers of public authority 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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No
Modern web standards Weight 1 of 3
Does the website score 90% or higher on the Internet.nl website test?
Score 66%