# SeaMonkey privacy rating

Internet suite with a browser, mail and news client, IRC chat and HTML editor, continuing the Mozilla Application Suite. Built on an older Mozilla platform with backported fixes.

## Summary

SeaMonkey scores 45 out of 100 (grade D) on the browsers criteria. It meets 3 of 8 criteria: open source, no trackers or telemetry and no ads or data sales. It partly meets no calls to big-tech services. It does not meet independent audit, blocks trackers by default, fingerprinting protection and timely security updates. It is based in Germany: Fourteen Eyes member; EU member (GDPR).

- Website: https://www.seamonkey-project.org
- Source code: https://gitlab.com/seamonkey-project/seamonkey-2.53-comm
- Jurisdiction: Germany. Fourteen Eyes member. EU member (GDPR).
- Home page trackers: none found
- Category: [Browsers](https://privacyratings.com/browsers/)
- Grade: D (45/100)

## Criteria

| Criterion | Answer | Note | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Open source | Yes | MPL-2.0. | https://www.seamonkey-project.org/legal/ |
| No trackers or telemetry | Yes | No analytics. Crash reports are only sent when the user chooses to. | https://www.seamonkey-project.org/legal/privacy |
| No ads or data sales | Yes | No ads. Supported by donations to the SeaMonkey association. | https://www.seamonkey-project.org/donate/ |
| Independent audit | No | No independent audit is published. |  |
| Blocks trackers by default | No | Third-party trackers are not blocked by default. |  |
| Fingerprinting protection | No | No fingerprinting protection is enabled by default. |  |
| No calls to big-tech services | Partial | Uses Google Geolocation when a site requests location, which can be turned off. | https://www.seamonkey-project.org/legal/third-party |
| Timely security updates | No | Releases on the older 2.53 platform come every few months with backported fixes, so security fixes lag upstream by weeks or more. | https://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/ |

Source: https://privacyratings.com/browsers/seamonkey/
Edit: https://github.com/privacyratings/privacyratings.com/edit/main/ratings/browsers/seamonkey.md