Domain registrars
GoDaddy privacy rating
US domain registrar and web hosting company offering domain registration, website building, hosting and business email.
Summary
GoDaddy scores 36 out of 100 (grade F) on the domain registrars criteria. It meets 3 of 12 criteria: TLS configuration, Free WHOIS privacy and two-factor login. It partly meets transparency report, tells users about requests and transfer and registry lock. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales, independent audit, security headers and honest renewal pricing. 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 F.
Score 36 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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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 privacy policy says Google Analytics and identifiers for personalized advertising are used.
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No
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Personal data is shared with marketers and advertisers for personalized advertising.
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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.
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Partial
Transparency report Weight 2 of 3
Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
A subpoena policy explains how legal requests are handled. No request counts are published.
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Partial
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?
Customers are notified of valid civil subpoenas; no notice policy is published for law enforcement requests.
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Yes
Free WHOIS privacy Weight 2 of 3
Is registrant data hidden from public WHOIS and RDAP at no extra cost?
Domain WHOIS privacy protection is included free with domain registrations.
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No
Honest renewal pricing Weight 1 of 3
Are renewal prices the same as, or close to, the first-year price?
A .com costs a few dollars in the first year for new customers and renews at about eight times that price.
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Yes
Two-factor login Weight 2 of 3
Do accounts support two-factor authentication with an authenticator app or security key?
Authenticator apps, passkeys and security keys are supported, as well as SMS.
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Partial
Transfer and registry lock Weight 1 of 3
Is transfer lock on by default, with registry lock available?
Registrar transfer lock is on by default. No registry lock service is documented for regular domains.
Automated tests
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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+
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No
Security headers Weight 1 of 3
Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
Grade F (10/100+)
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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.