Forms and surveys
LimeSurvey privacy rating
Open-source survey software from LimeSurvey GmbH in Hamburg. It can be self-hosted for free or used as the paid LimeSurvey Cloud service hosted in Germany.
Summary
LimeSurvey scores 44 out of 100 (grade D) on the forms and surveys criteria. It meets 3 of 9 criteria: open source, no ads or data sales and TLS configuration. It partly meets security headers. It does not meet no trackers or telemetry, independent audit, transparency report, tells users about requests and modern web standards. It is based in Germany: Fourteen Eyes member; EU member (GDPR). Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A+, Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade B and Internet.nl website score 55%.
Score 44 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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Yes
Open source Weight 3 of 3
Is all the source code needed to run the product public?
Licensed under GPL-2.0 or later.
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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 website uses Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Zoho PageSense.
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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 LimeSurvey Cloud subscriptions and services. The privacy notice states no external marketing providers are involved.
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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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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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No
Modern web standards Weight 1 of 3
Does the website score 90% or higher on the Internet.nl website test?
Score 55%