# Phish.ly privacy rating

Free service from Tines that analyzes a suspicious email forwarded to it, scanning its links with urlscan.io and replying with a report.

## Summary

Phish.ly scores 25 out of 100 (grade F) on the privacy test tools criteria. It meets 2 of 8 criteria: no ads or data sales and TLS configuration. 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 Ireland: Not in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes; EU member (GDPR). Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A+ and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade C-.

- Website: https://phish.ly
- Jurisdiction: Ireland. Not in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes. EU member (GDPR).
- Home page trackers: Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager
- Category: [Privacy test tools](https://privacyratings.com/online-privacy-tools/)
- Grade: F (25/100)

## Criteria

| Criterion | Answer | Note | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Open source | No | Closed source. |  |
| No trackers or telemetry | No | The home page loads Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Leadfeeder. | https://phish.ly/ |
| No ads or data sales | Yes | No ads; the tool is run by Tines, whose privacy policy states it does not sell personal information. | https://www.tines.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=phish.ly&hideResults=on |
| Security headers | No | Grade C- (45/100+) | https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/observatory/analyze?host=phish.ly |
| Modern web standards | Not tested yet | Not tested yet. |  |

Source: https://privacyratings.com/online-privacy-tools/phish-ly/
Edit: https://github.com/privacyratings/privacyratings.com/edit/main/ratings/online-privacy-tools/phish-ly.md