# Collabora Online privacy rating

Online office suite based on LibreOffice for documents, spreadsheets and presentations, with real-time collaborative editing. It is self-hosted or used through integrations such as Nextcloud.

## Summary

Collabora Online scores 65 out of 100 (grade C) on the office suites criteria. It meets 2 of 4 criteria: open source and no ads or data sales. It partly meets no trackers or telemetry. It does not meet independent audit. It is based in the United Kingdom: Five Eyes member; GDPR-style data protection law; CLOUD Act data access agreement with the US.

- Website: https://www.collaboraonline.com
- Source code: https://github.com/CollaboraOnline/online.mirror
- Jurisdiction: United Kingdom. Five Eyes member. GDPR-style data protection law. CLOUD Act data access agreement with the US.
- Platforms: Web
- Home page trackers: none found
- Category: [Office suites](https://privacyratings.com/office-suites/)
- Grade: C (65/100)

## Criteria

| Criterion | Answer | Note | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Open source | Yes | MPL-2.0. | https://github.com/CollaboraOnline/online.mirror/blob/main/COPYING |
| No trackers or telemetry | Partial | No telemetry in the server software. The website uses Collabora's self-hosted Matomo analytics. | https://www.collaboraonline.com/privacy-notice/ |
| No ads or data sales | Yes | Funded by support subscriptions. The privacy notice states that Collabora does not sell customer data. | https://www.collaboraonline.com/privacy-notice/ |
| Independent audit | No | No independent audit is published. |  |

Source: https://privacyratings.com/office-suites/collabora-online/
Edit: https://github.com/privacyratings/privacyratings.com/edit/main/ratings/office-suites/collabora-online.md
