# 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.

- Website: https://bird.com/email-api
- Home page trackers: none found
- Category: [Email sending services](https://privacyratings.com/email-sending/)
- Also rated: [Bird](https://privacyratings.com/communications-apis/bird/) (SMS and voice APIs)
- Grade: Not graded (29% evidence)

## Criteria

| Criterion | Answer | Note | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Open source | No | Closed source. |  |
| No trackers or telemetry | Unknown |  |  |
| No ads or data sales | Unknown |  |  |
| Independent audit | Unknown |  |  |
| Transparency report | Unknown |  |  |
| Tells users about requests | Unknown |  |  |
| TLS configuration | Yes | Grade A+ | https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=sparkpost.com&hideResults=on |
| Security headers | Partial | Grade B (75/100+) | https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/observatory/analyze?host=sparkpost.com |
| Modern web standards | Not tested yet | Not tested yet. |  |
| Message content deleted after delivery | Unknown |  |  |
| Open and click tracking off by default | Unknown |  |  |
| Encrypted delivery can be enforced | Unknown |  |  |
| EU data location | Yes | SparkPost EU is the full service hosted in Western Europe, with separate accounts that any customer can create. | https://developers.sparkpost.com/api/ |

Source: https://privacyratings.com/email-sending/sparkpost/
Edit: https://github.com/privacyratings/privacyratings.com/edit/main/ratings/email-sending/sparkpost.md