Blogging
Blogger privacy rating
Free hosted blogging service from Google, with blogs on blogspot.com or a custom domain, tied to a Google account.
Summary
Blogger scores 25 out of 100 (grade F) on the blogging criteria. It meets 2 of 8 criteria: transparency report and tells users about requests. It partly meets TLS configuration. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales, independent audit and security headers. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade B and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade F.
Score 25 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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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 Android app contains Google Firebase Analytics, and Google uses Blogger activity for its own analytics and advertising.
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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?
Google is funded by advertising and its privacy policy covers using data to show personalized ads.
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No
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
No independent audit is published.
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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?
Google publishes twice-yearly counts of government requests for user data and how often data is disclosed.
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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?
Google emails the user before disclosing data to a government agency unless legally prohibited or in emergencies.
Automated tests
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Partial
TLS configuration Weight 2 of 3
Does the website pass the Qualys SSL Labs test with a grade of A or better?
Grade B
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No
Security headers Weight 1 of 3
Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
Grade F (0/100+)
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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.