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Whimsical privacy rating

An online workspace for flowcharts, mind maps, wireframes and diagrams on shared boards, with real-time collaboration, AI generation and desktop apps.

United States Five EyesPlatforms: Web · Windows · macOS

Summary

Whimsical scores 31 out of 100 (grade F) on the diagrams and whiteboards criteria. It meets 2 of 8 criteria: no ads or data sales and TLS configuration. It partly meets independent audit. 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 31 out of 100. How scoring works

Criteria

  • No

    Open source Weight 3 of 3

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

    Closed source.

  • 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 website uses Plausible, and the cookie policy lists third-party analytics cookies set through Cloudflare Zaraz in some regions.

    whimsical.com

  • 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 with no ads, and the privacy notice says personal information is not sold or shared for cross-context advertising.

    whimsical.com

  • Partial

    Independent audit Weight 2 of 3

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

    Has a SOC 2 Type II report and yearly third-party penetration tests, with the report provided through its trust center rather than published.

    whimsical.com

  • 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

    ssllabs.com

  • 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+)

    developer.mozilla.org

  • 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.

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