Music streaming
Amazon Music privacy rating
Music and podcast streaming service from Amazon, with an ad-supported free tier, a catalog included with Prime and the paid Amazon Music Unlimited plan.
Summary
Amazon Music scores 28 out of 100 (grade F) on the music streaming criteria. It meets 2 of 8 criteria: transparency report and tells users about requests. It partly meets TLS configuration and security headers. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales and independent audit. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade B and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade B.
Score 28 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?
The Android app includes Amazon Advertisement, Branch, Bugsnag, Pangle and Snowplow.
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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?
The free tier is funded by ads, and Amazon uses personal data for interest-based advertising.
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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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Yes
Transparency report Weight 2 of 3
Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
Amazon publishes information request reports for its consumer services every six months.
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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?
Amazon notifies customers before disclosing content information, unless prohibited or there is clear indication of illegal conduct.
Automated tests
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Partial
TLS configuration Weight 2 of 3
Does the website pass the Qualys SSL Labs test with a grade of A or better?
Grade B
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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 (70/100+)
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Not tested yet
Modern web standards Weight 1 of 3
Does the website score 90% or higher on the Internet.nl website test?
Not tested yet.