Search engines
Qwant privacy rating
French search engine that combines results from Microsoft Bing with its own European index, shown with contextual ads by default.
Summary
Qwant scores 23 out of 100 (grade F) on the search engines criteria. It meets 1 of 11 criteria: TLS configuration. It partly meets no ads or data sales, security headers, no profile-based ads and no account needed. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, independent audit, transparency report, tells users about requests and no search history logs. It is based in France: Nine Eyes member; EU member (GDPR). Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A+ and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade B.
Score 23 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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No
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?
The site uses third-party analytics and measurement tools including Piwik Pro and Microsoft Clarity, subject to cookie consent.
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Partial
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Ads are contextual by default; personalized ads are shown only with consent.
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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.
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No
Transparency report Weight 2 of 3
Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
No transparency report or government request policy is published.
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No
Tells users about requests Weight 1 of 3
Does the provider promise to tell users about requests for their data, unless a court forbids it?
No published policy on notifying users about data requests.
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No
No search history logs Weight 3 of 3
Are searches stored without IP addresses or other identifiers?
Search data is shared with Microsoft, which keeps the IP address for six months and cookie identifiers for 18 months.
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Partial
No profile-based ads Weight 2 of 3
Are ads (if any) based only on the current search, not a profile?
Ads are contextual by default; profile-based ads are optional and require consent.
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Partial
No account needed Weight 1 of 3
Can every feature be used without an account?
Search works without an account; some newer features need a user account.
Automated tests
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Yes
TLS configuration Weight 2 of 3
Does the website pass the Qualys SSL Labs test with a grade of A or better?
Grade A+
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Partial
Security headers Weight 1 of 3
Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
Grade B (70/100+)
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Not tested yet
Modern web standards Weight 1 of 3
Does the website score 90% or higher on the Internet.nl website test?
Not tested yet.