# Mojeek privacy rating

British search engine that uses its own crawler and index and states that it does not track users.

## Summary

Mojeek scores 55 out of 100 (grade D) on the search engines criteria. It meets 5 of 11 criteria: no trackers or telemetry, TLS configuration, no search history logs, no profile-based ads and no account needed. It partly meets no ads or data sales. It does not meet open source, independent audit, transparency report, tells users about requests and security headers. It is based in the United Kingdom: Five Eyes member; GDPR-style data protection law; CLOUD Act data access agreement with the US. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade C.

- Website: https://www.mojeek.com
- Jurisdiction: United Kingdom. Five Eyes member. GDPR-style data protection law. CLOUD Act data access agreement with the US.
- Home page trackers: none found
- Category: [Search engines](https://privacyratings.com/search-engines/)
- Grade: D (55/100)

## Criteria

| Criterion | Answer | Note | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Open source | No | Closed source. |  |
| No trackers or telemetry | Yes | No user tracking, no cookies by default, and IP addresses are not recorded in logs. | https://www.mojeek.com/about/privacy/ |
| No ads or data sales | Partial | Shows contextual ads based on the search query, not on user data. | https://www.mojeek.com/ads/ |
| 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=mojeek.com&hideResults=on |
| Security headers | No | Grade C (50/100+) | https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/observatory/analyze?host=mojeek.com |
| Modern web standards | Not tested yet | Not tested yet. |  |
| No search history logs | Yes | IP addresses are replaced with a country code in logs, so searches are not tied to identifiers. | https://www.mojeek.com/about/privacy/ |
| No profile-based ads | Yes | Ads are targeted only by keywords in the current search. | https://www.mojeek.com/ads/ |
| No account needed | Yes | Search and preferences work without an account. | https://www.mojeek.com/about/privacy/ |

Source: https://privacyratings.com/search-engines/mojeek/
Edit: https://github.com/privacyratings/privacyratings.com/edit/main/ratings/search-engines/mojeek.md