Domain registrars
Njalla privacy rating
Domain service run by njalla.srl in Costa Rica. Njalla registers domains in its own name and grants customers full usage rights, and accepts cryptocurrency.
Summary
Njalla scores 57 out of 100 (grade D) on the domain registrars criteria. It meets 6 of 12 criteria: no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales, TLS configuration, Free WHOIS privacy, honest renewal pricing and two-factor login. It partly meets security headers. It does not meet open source, independent audit, transparency report, tells users about requests and transfer and registry lock. It is based in Costa Rica: Not in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A+ and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade B+.
Score 57 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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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 terms say no data is collected beyond the email or XMPP address and password, and the website loads only its own scripts.
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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 domain registrations. No ads.
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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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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.
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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.
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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?
Njalla owns every domain on the customer's behalf, so the customer's details never appear in WHOIS, at no extra cost.
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Yes
Honest renewal pricing Weight 1 of 3
Are renewal prices the same as, or close to, the first-year price?
Each extension has one flat yearly price for registration and renewal.
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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?
The site code supports TOTP one-time passwords and WebAuthn security keys for login.
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No
Transfer and registry lock Weight 1 of 3
Is transfer lock on by default, with registry lock available?
Neither a transfer lock setting nor a registry lock service is documented.
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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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+ (80/100+)
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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.