Forms and surveys
Microsoft Forms privacy rating
Microsoft's online form, survey and quiz builder, included with Microsoft 365 and free with a Microsoft account. Responses can be exported to Excel.
Summary
Microsoft Forms scores 38 out of 100 (grade F) on the forms and surveys criteria. It meets 3 of 9 criteria: transparency report, tells users about requests and TLS configuration. It partly meets independent audit and modern web standards. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales and security headers. 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 75%.
Score 38 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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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?
Microsoft collects usage and diagnostic data and uses data about users for personalized advertising.
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No
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Forms shows no ads, but Microsoft uses data about users of its services for personalized advertising. Document contents are excluded.
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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?
Forms is in scope of Microsoft's SOC 2 Type 2 audits. The full reports are only available through the Service Trust Portal after sign-in.
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Yes
Transparency report Weight 2 of 3
Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
Publishes counts of government requests for customer data twice a year.
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Yes
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?
Microsoft gives prior notice to users whose data is requested, except where prohibited by law or in emergencies.
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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No
Security headers Weight 1 of 3
Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
Grade B- (65/100+)
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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 75%