# PriEco privacy rating

Open-source web search engine written in Rust that combines its own index with results from other sources and supports result customization through Goggles.

## Summary

PriEco scores 75 out of 100 (grade B) on the search engines criteria. It meets 7 of 11 criteria: open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales, TLS configuration, no search history logs, no profile-based ads and no account needed. It partly meets security headers. It does not meet independent audit, transparency report and tells users about requests. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade B+.

- Website: https://prieco.net
- Source code: https://codeberg.org/JojoYou/PriEco
- Home page trackers: none found
- Category: [Search engines](https://privacyratings.com/search-engines/)
- Grade: B (75/100)

## Criteria

| Criterion | Answer | Note | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Open source | Yes | AGPL-3.0. | https://codeberg.org/JojoYou/PriEco/src/branch/master/LICENCE |
| No trackers or telemetry | Yes | No analytics or tracking cookies; only preference cookies are set. | https://prieco.net/privacy |
| No ads or data sales | Yes | No ads are shown, and the project states it never shares or sells user data. | https://prieco.net/ |
| 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=prieco.net&hideResults=on |
| Security headers | Partial | Grade B+ (80/100+) | https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/observatory/analyze?host=prieco.net |
| Modern web standards | Not tested yet | Not tested yet. |  |
| No search history logs | Yes | IP addresses are never stored or logged. | https://prieco.net/privacy |
| No profile-based ads | Yes | No ads are shown. | https://prieco.net/ |
| No account needed | Yes | Search needs no account. | https://prieco.net/ |

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