Blogging
Ghost privacy rating
Open source publishing platform for blogs and newsletters with paid memberships, run by the non-profit Ghost Foundation. Available as hosted Ghost(Pro) or self-hosted.
Summary
Ghost scores 47 out of 100 (grade D) on the blogging criteria. It meets 3 of 8 criteria: open source, no ads or data sales and TLS configuration. It partly meets security headers. It does not meet no trackers or telemetry, independent audit, transparency report and tells users about requests. It is based in Singapore: Not in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes. 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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Yes
Open source Weight 3 of 3
Is all the source code needed to run the product public?
MIT. Ghost(Pro) runs the same open source software, which can also be self-hosted.
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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 ghost.org website loads Ahrefs and Dub analytics and the FirstPromoter affiliate tracking script.
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Yes
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Non-profit funded by Ghost(Pro) subscriptions, and the privacy policy states it does not sell personal data.
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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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No
Transparency report Weight 2 of 3
Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
No transparency report or government request policy is published.
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No
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?
No published policy on notifying users about data requests.
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 (70/100+)
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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.