Email sending services
SparkPost privacy rating
Email API and SMTP relay for transactional and bulk email, now part of Bird, with a separate EU-hosted service.
Summary
SparkPost is not graded yet: 29% of its criteria have evidence, and 60% is needed. It meets 2 of 12 criteria: TLS configuration and EU data location. It partly meets security headers. It does not meet open source. Still needing evidence: no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales, independent audit, transparency report, tells users about requests, message content deleted after delivery, open and click tracking off by default and encrypted delivery can be enforced. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A+ and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade B.
Not graded yet: 29% of criteria have evidence, 60% needed. How scoring works
Criteria
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Unknown
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?
Needs evidence. Add it
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Unknown
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Needs evidence. Add it
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Unknown
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
Needs evidence. Add it
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Unknown
Transparency report Weight 2 of 3
Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
Needs evidence. Add it
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Unknown
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?
Needs evidence. Add it
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Unknown
Message content deleted after delivery Weight 3 of 3
Is the content of sent mail deleted once it has been delivered?
Needs evidence. Add it
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Unknown
Open and click tracking off by default Weight 2 of 3
Are open tracking pixels and click tracking links off unless the sender turns them on?
Needs evidence. Add it
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Unknown
Encrypted delivery can be enforced Weight 2 of 3
Can outbound mail be kept from being delivered without TLS?
Needs evidence. Add it
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Yes
EU data location Weight 1 of 3
Can message content and delivery logs be processed and stored only in the European Union?
SparkPost EU is the full service hosted in Western Europe, with separate accounts that any customer can create.
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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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.