# Mwmbl privacy rating

Non-profit, open-source search engine with its own community-crawled index, where signed-in users can help curate search results.

## Summary

Mwmbl scores 70 out of 100 (grade C) on the search engines criteria. It meets 6 of 11 criteria: open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales, TLS configuration, no search history logs and no profile-based ads. It partly meets no account needed. It does not meet independent audit, transparency report, tells users about requests and security headers. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A+ and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade C.

- Website: https://mwmbl.org
- Source code: https://github.com/mwmbl/mwmbl
- License: AGPL-3.0
- Home page trackers: none found
- Category: [Search engines](https://privacyratings.com/search-engines/)
- Grade: C (70/100)

## Criteria

| Criterion | Answer | Note | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Open source | Yes | AGPL-3.0. | https://github.com/mwmbl/mwmbl/blob/main/LICENSE |
| No trackers or telemetry | Yes | Only essential login cookies are used, with no tracking, analytics or advertising cookies. | https://mwmbl.org/privacy |
| No ads or data sales | Yes | Non-profit project funded by donations, with no ads. | https://opencollective.com/mwmbl |
| 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=mwmbl.org&hideResults=on |
| Security headers | No | Grade C (50/100+) | https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/observatory/analyze?host=mwmbl.org |
| Modern web standards | Not tested yet | Not tested yet. |  |
| No search history logs | Yes | IP addresses are not stored on disk and no log of searches linked to a user or account is kept. | https://mwmbl.org/privacy |
| No profile-based ads | Yes | No ads are shown. | https://mwmbl.org/privacy |
| No account needed | Partial | Search works without an account; Super Search and result curation need a Mwmbl account. | https://mwmbl.org/privacy |

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