Domain registrars
Orange Website privacy rating
Icelandic hosting company that also registers domains, asks only for an email address at sign-up and accepts Bitcoin.
Summary
Orange Website scores 50 out of 100 (grade D) on the domain registrars criteria. It meets 6 of 12 criteria: no ads or data sales, tells users about requests, TLS configuration, Free WHOIS privacy, honest renewal pricing and two-factor login. It partly meets transparency report. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, independent audit, security headers and transfer and registry lock. It is based in Iceland: Not in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes; EEA member (GDPR). Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade F.
Score 50 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 home page loads Google Analytics.
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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 hosting and domain services. 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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Partial
Transparency report Weight 2 of 3
Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
The privacy policy states data is released only on a valid Icelandic court order. No request counts are published.
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Yes
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?
The FAQ states clients are informed every time a third party contacts the company about them.
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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?
Private WHOIS is listed among the features included with every domain.
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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?
One flat yearly price per extension, with no separate first-year discount.
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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?
Two-factor authentication is available for the client area.
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No
Transfer and registry lock Weight 1 of 3
Is transfer lock on by default, with registry lock available?
No transfer lock or registry lock option 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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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 (0/100+)
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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.