# HomeByMe privacy rating

Browser-based home design service from Dassault Systèmes for drawing floor plans, furnishing rooms with products from real brands and rendering images in 3D.

## Summary

HomeByMe scores 25 out of 100 (grade F) on the home and floor plan design criteria. It meets 1 of 8 criteria: TLS configuration. It partly meets no ads or data sales and transparency report. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, independent audit, tells users about requests and security headers. It is based in France: Nine Eyes member; EU member (GDPR). Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A+ and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade F.

- Website: https://home.by.me/en/
- Jurisdiction: France. Nine Eyes member. EU member (GDPR).
- Platforms: Web
- Home page trackers: YouTube embed (not scored)
- Category: [Home and floor plan design](https://privacyratings.com/home-design/)
- Grade: F (25/100)

## Criteria

| Criterion | Answer | Note | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Open source | No | Closed source. |  |
| No trackers or telemetry | No | The website loads Heap analytics, and the Dassault Systèmes privacy policy describes analytics and advertising cookies from third parties. | https://discover.3ds.com/privacy-policy |
| No ads or data sales | Partial | No ads based on user data in the planner and data is not sold, but 3DS and third parties set advertising cookies to profile interests and target content. | https://discover.3ds.com/privacy-policy |
| Independent audit | No | No independent audit is published. |  |
| Transparency report | Partial | The privacy policy states that government and legal requests are reviewed, narrowed or objected to where possible, but no request counts are published. | https://discover.3ds.com/privacy-policy |
| Tells users about requests | No | No published policy on notifying users about data requests. |  |
| TLS configuration | Yes | Grade A+ | https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=home.by.me&hideResults=on |
| Security headers | No | Grade F (0/100+) | https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/observatory/analyze?host=home.by.me |
| Modern web standards | Not tested yet | Not tested yet. |  |

Source: https://privacyratings.com/home-design/homebyme/
Edit: https://github.com/privacyratings/privacyratings.com/edit/main/ratings/home-design/homebyme.md