DNS resolvers
Clean Browsing privacy rating
DNS filtering service with free family, adult and security filters and paid custom filtering, supporting DoH, DoT and DNSCrypt.
Summary
Clean Browsing scores 43 out of 100 (grade D) on the DNS resolvers criteria. It meets 4 of 11 criteria: no ads or data sales, TLS configuration, Encrypted DNS and DNSSEC validation. It partly meets security headers and no query logs. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, independent audit, transparency report and tells users about requests. 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 B.
Score 43 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 home page loads Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager (automated test).
-
Yes
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Funded by paid filtering plans. The policy states personal data is never sold.
-
No
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
No independent audit is published.
-
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. The privacy policy only says data may be shared to comply with legal process.
-
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.
-
Yes
Encrypted DNS Weight 3 of 3
Are DNS over HTTPS and DNS over TLS supported?
DoH and DoT endpoints are listed for each free filter.
-
Partial
No query logs Weight 3 of 3
Are queries stored without IP addresses, and is this independently audited?
The policy states free DNS queries are not logged with IP addresses, while anonymized aggregate data is kept. Not audited.
-
Yes
DNSSEC validation Weight 1 of 3
Does the resolver validate DNSSEC?
The resolvers validate DNSSEC on all queries.
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+
-
Partial
Security headers Weight 1 of 3
Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
Grade B (75/100+)
-
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.