# 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.

- Website: https://cleanbrowsing.org
- Jurisdiction: United States. Five Eyes member. Subject to the US CLOUD Act.
- Home page trackers: Google Analytics, Google Fonts (not scored), Google Tag Manager, Plausible (cookieless analytics)
- Category: [DNS resolvers](https://privacyratings.com/dns-resolvers/)
- Grade: D (43/100)

## Criteria

| Criterion | Answer | Note | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Open source | No | Closed source. |  |
| No trackers or telemetry | No | The home page loads Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager (automated test). |  |
| No ads or data sales | Yes | Funded by paid filtering plans. The policy states personal data is never sold. | https://cleanbrowsing.org/privacy |
| Independent audit | No | No independent audit is published. |  |
| Transparency report | No | No transparency report or government request policy is published. The privacy policy only says data may be shared to comply with legal process. |  |
| Tells users about requests | No | No published policy on notifying users about data requests. |  |
| TLS configuration | Yes | Grade A+ | https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=cleanbrowsing.org&hideResults=on |
| Security headers | Partial | Grade B (75/100+) | https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/observatory/analyze?host=cleanbrowsing.org |
| Modern web standards | Not tested yet | Not tested yet. |  |
| Encrypted DNS | Yes | DoH and DoT endpoints are listed for each free filter. | https://cleanbrowsing.org/filters/ |
| No query logs | Partial | The policy states free DNS queries are not logged with IP addresses, while anonymized aggregate data is kept. Not audited. | https://cleanbrowsing.org/privacy |
| DNSSEC validation | Yes | The resolvers validate DNSSEC on all queries. | https://cleanbrowsing.org/learn/what-is-dnssec |

Source: https://privacyratings.com/dns-resolvers/clean-browsing/
Edit: https://github.com/privacyratings/privacyratings.com/edit/main/ratings/dns-resolvers/clean-browsing.md