# Youtrust privacy rating

Electronic signature and identity verification service from Youtrust SAS in Caen, France, formerly Yousign. The platform is hosted in France.

## Summary

Youtrust scores 22 out of 100 (grade F) on the electronic signatures criteria. It partly meets no ads or data sales, independent audit, TLS configuration and security headers. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, transparency report and tells users about requests. It is based in France: Nine Eyes member; EU member (GDPR). Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A- and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade B.

- Website: https://youtrust.com
- Jurisdiction: France. Nine Eyes member. EU member (GDPR).
- Platforms: Web
- Home page trackers: Google Tag Manager
- Category: [Electronic signatures](https://privacyratings.com/e-signatures/)
- Grade: F (22/100)

## Criteria

| Criterion | Answer | Note | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Open source | No | Closed source. |  |
| No trackers or telemetry | No | The privacy policy says cookies and trackers on the website and platform collect data for visitor statistics and targeted advertising campaigns. | https://youtrust.com/privacy |
| No ads or data sales | Partial | Funded by subscriptions with no ads in the product, but visitor data is used for targeted advertising campaigns for Youtrust. | https://youtrust.com/privacy |
| Independent audit | Partial | Holds eIDAS certifications and has annual technical audits by independent experts, but the audit reports are not published. | https://youtrust.com/security |
| Transparency report | No | No transparency report is published. The privacy policy only lists handling requests from authorities as a purpose. | https://youtrust.com/privacy |
| Tells users about requests | No | No published policy on notifying users about data requests. |  |
| TLS configuration | Partial | Grade A- | https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=yousign.app&hideResults=on |
| Security headers | Partial | Grade B (70/100+) | https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/observatory/analyze?host=yousign.app |
| Modern web standards | Not tested yet | Not tested yet. |  |

Source: https://privacyratings.com/e-signatures/youtrust/
Edit: https://github.com/privacyratings/privacyratings.com/edit/main/ratings/e-signatures/youtrust.md