# Forward Email Calendar privacy rating

CalDAV calendar, task and CardDAV contacts service included with paid Forward Email plans. It works with any CalDAV or CardDAV app and with Forward Email's own webmail, desktop and mobile apps, and stores data in each alias's encrypted SQLite mailbox.

> **Disclosure:** Privacy Ratings is maintained by the team behind Forward Email. This entry is scored by the same criteria as every other entry in this category, and changes to it are reviewed under the published conflict-of-interest rules.

## Summary

Forward Email Calendar scores 85 out of 100 (grade B) on the calendars criteria. It meets 3 of 4 criteria: open source, no ads or data sales and independent audit. It partly meets no trackers or telemetry. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act.

- Website: https://forwardemail.net/en/faq#do-you-support-calendars-caldav
- Source code: https://github.com/forwardemail/forwardemail.net
- Jurisdiction: United States. Five Eyes member. Subject to the US CLOUD Act.
- Platforms: Web, Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS
- Home page trackers: none found
- Category: [Calendars](https://privacyratings.com/calendars/)
- Also rated: [Forward Email](https://privacyratings.com/email-providers/forward-email/) (Email providers), [Forward Email](https://privacyratings.com/email-forwarding/forward-email/) (Email forwarding and aliases), [Forward Email](https://privacyratings.com/email-clients/forward-email/) (Email clients), [Forward Email Webmail](https://privacyratings.com/webmail/forward-email-webmail/) (Webmail), [Forward Email Backups](https://privacyratings.com/email-backup/forward-email-backups/) (Email backup tools), [Forward Email](https://privacyratings.com/mail-server-software/forward-email/) (Mail server software), [Forward Email](https://privacyratings.com/email-sending/forward-email/) (Email sending services), [Forward Email](https://privacyratings.com/newsletters/forward-email/) (Newsletter platforms)
- Grade: B (85/100)

## Criteria

| Criterion | Answer | Note | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Open source | Yes | All code is public, including the CalDAV and CardDAV servers that run the service. The CalDAV and CardDAV code is under the source-available Business Source License 1.1, which becomes MPL-2.0 four years after each release. | https://github.com/forwardemail/forwardemail.net/blob/master/LICENSE.md |
| No trackers or telemetry | Partial | No third-party analytics. First-party anonymized analytics of page views and service usage is on by default, and Cloudflare Turnstile loads on sign-in and sign-up forms. | https://forwardemail.net/en/privacy#analytics |
| No ads or data sales | Yes | Funded by paid plans. No ads, and the privacy policy states user data is not shared with third parties. | https://forwardemail.net/en/private-business-email |
| Independent audit | Yes | Two independent Cure53 audits are published. The latest covers the full forwardemail.net code repository, which contains the CalDAV and CardDAV servers. | https://forwardemail.net/pentest-report_forward-email.pdf |

Calendars, tasks (CalDAV VTODO) and contacts use standard protocols, so they sync with apps such as Apple Calendar, Apple Reminders, Thunderbird and Tasks.org without a bridge app. Setup is described in the [CalDAV](https://forwardemail.net/en/faq#do-you-support-calendars-caldav) and [CardDAV](https://forwardemail.net/en/faq#do-you-support-contacts-carddav) FAQ entries.

Source: https://privacyratings.com/calendars/forward-email-calendar/
Edit: https://github.com/privacyratings/privacyratings.com/edit/main/ratings/calendars/forward-email-calendar.md