Music streaming
Tidal privacy rating
Subscription music streaming service with lossless and hi-res audio, music videos and editorial playlists, owned by Block.
Summary
Tidal scores 18 out of 100 (grade F) on the music streaming criteria. It meets 1 of 9 criteria: TLS configuration. It partly meets no ads or data sales. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, independent audit, transparency report, tells users about requests, security headers and modern web standards. It is based in Norway: Nine Eyes member; EEA member (GDPR). Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A, Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade C and Internet.nl website score 64%.
Score 18 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 Crashlytics, and the privacy notice describes third-party analytics providers and ad partners.
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Partial
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Funded by subscriptions with no ads in the app, but the privacy notice describes sharing data with ad partners for targeted 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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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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No
Security headers Weight 1 of 3
Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
Grade C (50/100+)
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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 64%