Coinbase privacy rating

Summary

Coinbase scores 0 out of 100 (grade F) on the crypto exchanges criteria. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales and independent audit. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act.

Score 0 out of 100. How scoring works

Criteria

• ✖No

  Open source ×3Weight 3 of 3

  Is all the source code needed to run the product public?

  Closed source.

• ✖No

  No trackers or telemetry ×3Weight 3 of 3

  Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?

  The Exodus report finds 7 trackers in the Android app, including Amplitude, AppsFlyer, Facebook SDKs and Google Firebase Analytics.

  reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org

• ✖No

  No ads or data sales ×2Weight 2 of 3

  Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?

  Funded by trading fees, but the privacy policy says conversion data including IP addresses is shared with advertisers such as Meta and AppLovin to target ads.

  coinbase.com

• ✖No

  Independent audit ×2Weight 2 of 3

  Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?

  No independent audit is published.