Kraken privacy rating

Summary

Kraken scores 10 out of 100 (grade F) on the crypto exchanges criteria. It partly meets no ads or data sales. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry and independent audit. 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

• ✖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 AppsFlyer, FullStory, Google Firebase Analytics and Sentry in the Android app.

  reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org

• ◐Partial

  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. The privacy policy says data is not sold for money, but identifiers are shared with advertising partners and ad networks.

  kraken.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.