Creative tools
Adobe Photoshop privacy rating
A raster image editor from Adobe for photo editing, compositing and digital painting, with generative AI features, part of Adobe Creative Cloud.
Summary
Adobe Photoshop scores 10 out of 100 (grade F) on the creative tools criteria. It partly meets independent audit. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry and no ads or data sales. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act.
Score 10 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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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 privacy policy discloses website and app activity to advertising partners and social media platforms. Content analysis of cloud files for product improvement and desktop app usage data are on by default for personal accounts and can be turned off.
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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?
Sold by subscription, but the privacy policy shares personal information with advertising partners and with third parties for their own marketing.
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Partial
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
Adobe lists SOC 2 and ISO 27001 audits, but SOC 2 reports are only shared under NDA; only SOC 3 summary reports are public.