Photo management
Piwigo privacy rating
Photo gallery software for publishing and managing large photo collections on the web, with albums, tags, user permissions, plugins and mobile apps. It can be self-hosted or used as a paid hosted service from its developers.
Summary
Piwigo scores 65 out of 100 (grade C) on the photo management 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 France: Nine Eyes member; EU member (GDPR).
Score 65 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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Partial
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?
No third-party trackers on the website or in the software, but self-hosted installs send anonymous technical data and statistics to piwigo.org weekly by default, which can be turned off in the configuration.
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Yes
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Funded by subscriptions to the hosted service, with no ads. The privacy policy states personal information is not rented or sold.
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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.