Maps and navigation
Organic Maps privacy rating
Offline maps and navigation app built on OpenStreetMap data, run by Organic Maps OÜ in Estonia. Governance disputes among contributors led to the CoMaps fork.
Summary
Organic Maps scores 80 out of 100 (grade B) on the maps and navigation criteria. It meets 3 of 4 criteria: open source, no trackers or telemetry and no ads or data sales. It does not meet independent audit. It is based in Estonia: Not in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes; EU member (GDPR).
Score 80 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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Yes
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?
No third-party trackers, and the app collects no data. The website's Cloudflare Web Analytics are cookieless and aggregate-only.
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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 donations, with no ads.
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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.