# zcal privacy rating

Hosted scheduling service with customizable booking pages, unlimited links and calendars on a free plan, and paid features for teams such as collective and round-robin scheduling.

## Summary

zcal scores 13 out of 100 (grade F) on the scheduling criteria. It partly meets 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 the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade B and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade C.

- Website: https://zcal.co
- Jurisdiction: United States. Five Eyes member. Subject to the US CLOUD Act.
- Platforms: Web
- Home page trackers: Cloudflare Web Analytics (cookieless analytics), Google Tag Manager
- Category: [Scheduling](https://privacyratings.com/scheduling/)
- Grade: F (13/100)

## Criteria

| Criterion | Answer | Note | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Open source | No | Closed source. |  |
| No trackers or telemetry | No | The website loads Google Analytics, and the privacy policy describes cookies, web beacons and pixels for tracking. | https://zcal.co/privacy |
| No ads or data sales | Partial | Funded by paid plans with no ads in the product, but the privacy policy allows marketing partners and interest-based advertising cookies on the website. | https://zcal.co/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 | Partial | Grade B | https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=zcal.co&hideResults=on |
| Security headers | No | Grade C (50/100+) | https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/observatory/analyze?host=zcal.co |
| Modern web standards | Not tested yet | Not tested yet. |  |

Source: https://privacyratings.com/scheduling/zcal/
Edit: https://github.com/privacyratings/privacyratings.com/edit/main/ratings/scheduling/zcal.md