# Vanta privacy rating

Hosted compliance automation platform that connects to a company's cloud, identity and HR tools to collect evidence and monitor controls for SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR and other frameworks. It also offers vendor risk management and public trust center pages.

## Summary

Vanta scores 41 out of 100 (grade D) on the compliance automation criteria. It meets 2 of 8 criteria: tells users about requests and TLS configuration. It partly meets no ads or data sales, independent audit, transparency report and security headers. It does not meet open source and no trackers or telemetry. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A+ and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade A-.

- Website: https://www.vanta.com
- Jurisdiction: United States. Five Eyes member. Subject to the US CLOUD Act.
- Platforms: Web
- Home page trackers: Google Fonts (not scored), Google Tag Manager, HubSpot
- Category: [Compliance automation](https://privacyratings.com/compliance-automation/)
- Grade: D (41/100)

## Criteria

| Criterion | Answer | Note | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Open source | No | Closed source. |  |
| No trackers or telemetry | No | The website uses Google Tag Manager, Intercom and HubSpot, and the privacy policy says cookie data is shared with ad networks and analytics providers. | https://www.vanta.com/legal/privacy |
| No ads or data sales | Partial | Paid service with no ads, but website cookie data is shared with ad networks to show Vanta ads on other websites. | https://www.vanta.com/legal/privacy |
| Independent audit | Partial | Vanta has a SOC 2 Type II attestation, ISO 27001 certification and yearly penetration tests, but the reports are only available through its trust center. | https://www.vanta.com/company/security |
| Transparency report | Partial | The privacy policy describes how government demands are handled, including redirecting them to the customer, but no request counts are published. | https://www.vanta.com/legal/privacy |
| Tells users about requests | Yes | Vanta promises reasonable notice to the customer before a compelled disclosure, unless legally prohibited. | https://www.vanta.com/legal/privacy |
| TLS configuration | Yes | Grade A+ | https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=app.vanta.com&hideResults=on |
| Security headers | Partial | Grade A- (85/100+) | https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/observatory/analyze?host=app.vanta.com |
| Modern web standards | Not tested yet | Not tested yet. |  |

Source: https://privacyratings.com/compliance-automation/vanta/
Edit: https://github.com/privacyratings/privacyratings.com/edit/main/ratings/compliance-automation/vanta.md