Data broker removal
Incogni privacy rating
Paid service, part of the same group as Surfshark, that sends removal requests to data brokers and people-search sites on a subscriber's behalf and repeats them regularly. It needs the subscriber's name, addresses and contact details to work.
Summary
Incogni scores 38 out of 100 (grade F) on the data broker removal criteria. It meets 3 of 8 criteria: no ads or data sales, independent audit and TLS configuration. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, transparency report, tells users about requests and security headers. 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 C.
Score 38 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
- No
-
No
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 cookie policy lists Google Analytics and Google Ads cookies for analytics and marketing, and the website loads Google Tag Manager.
-
Yes
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Funded by subscriptions. The privacy policy states customer personal information is not and has never been sold.
-
Yes
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
Deloitte published a full ISAE 3000 limited assurance report on data broker removals and on customer data not being sold. It is not a security audit.
-
No
Transparency report Weight 2 of 3
Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
No transparency report or government request policy is published.
-
No
Tells users about requests Weight 1 of 3
Does the provider promise to tell users about requests for their data, unless a court forbids it?
No published policy on notifying users about data requests.
Automated tests
-
Yes
TLS configuration Weight 2 of 3
Does the website pass the Qualys SSL Labs test with a grade of A or better?
Grade A+
-
No
Security headers Weight 1 of 3
Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
Grade C (50/100+)
-
Not tested yet
Modern web standards Weight 1 of 3
Does the website score 90% or higher on the Internet.nl website test?
Not tested yet.