Electronic signatures
DocuSeal privacy rating
Open-source platform for creating fillable PDF forms and collecting electronic signatures, available as a hosted service or for self-hosting.
Summary
DocuSeal scores 53 out of 100 (grade D) on the electronic signatures criteria. It meets 2 of 9 criteria: no ads or data sales and TLS configuration. It partly meets open source, no trackers or telemetry, independent audit, security headers and modern web standards. It does not meet 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+, Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade B and Internet.nl website score 80%.
Score 53 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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Partial
Open source Weight 3 of 3
Is all the source code needed to run the product public?
The core is AGPL-3.0. Pro features in the hosted service and the paid self-hosted edition are closed source.
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Partial
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?
No tracking or analytics cookies. The hosted service sends error logs to Rollbar.
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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 plans. The privacy policy states that personal information is not sold.
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Partial
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
DocuSeal Cloud has a SOC 2 Type II audit. The report is only available on request.
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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.
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 (75/100+)
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Partial
Modern web standards Weight 1 of 3
Does the website score 90% or higher on the Internet.nl website test?
Score 80%