# Tidal privacy rating

Subscription music streaming service with lossless and hi-res audio, music videos and editorial playlists, owned by Block.

## Summary

Tidal scores 19 out of 100 (grade F) on the music streaming criteria. It meets 1 of 8 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 and security headers. It is based in Norway: Nine Eyes member; EEA member (GDPR). Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade C.

- Website: https://tidal.com
- Jurisdiction: Norway. Nine Eyes member. EEA member (GDPR).
- Platforms: Windows, macOS, Web, Android, iOS
- Category: [Music streaming](https://privacyratings.com/music-streaming/)
- Grade: F (19/100)

## Criteria

| Criterion | Answer | Note | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Open source | No | Closed source. |  |
| No trackers or telemetry | No | The Android app includes Crashlytics, and the privacy notice describes third-party analytics providers and ad partners. | https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/com.aspiro.tidal/latest/ |
| No ads or data sales | Partial | Funded by subscriptions with no ads in the app, but the privacy notice describes sharing data with ad partners for targeted advertising. | https://tidal.com/privacy |
| Independent audit | No | No independent audit is published. |  |
| Transparency report | No | No transparency report or government request policy is published. |  |
| 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=tidal.com&hideResults=on |
| Security headers | No | Grade C (50/100+) | https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/observatory/analyze?host=tidal.com |
| Modern web standards | Not tested yet | Not tested yet. |  |

Source: https://privacyratings.com/music-streaming/tidal/
Edit: https://github.com/privacyratings/privacyratings.com/edit/main/ratings/music-streaming/tidal.md