# 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.

- Website: https://www.qwant.com
- Jurisdiction: France. Nine Eyes member. EU member (GDPR).
- Home page trackers: none found
- Category: [Search engines](https://privacyratings.com/search-engines/)
- Grade: F (23/100)

## Criteria

| Criterion | Answer | Note | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Open source | No | Closed source. |  |
| No trackers or telemetry | No | The site uses third-party analytics and measurement tools including Piwik Pro and Microsoft Clarity, subject to cookie consent. | https://about.qwant.com/en/legal/confidentialite/ |
| No ads or data sales | Partial | Ads are contextual by default; personalized ads are shown only with consent. | https://about.qwant.com/en/legal/confidentialite/ |
| 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=www.qwant.com&hideResults=on |
| Security headers | Partial | Grade B (70/100+) | https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/observatory/analyze?host=www.qwant.com |
| Modern web standards | Not tested yet | Not tested yet. |  |
| No search history logs | No | Search data is shared with Microsoft, which keeps the IP address for six months and cookie identifiers for 18 months. | https://about.qwant.com/en/legal/confidentialite/ |
| No profile-based ads | Partial | Ads are contextual by default; profile-based ads are optional and require consent. | https://about.qwant.com/en/legal/confidentialite/ |
| No account needed | Partial | Search works without an account; some newer features need a user account. | https://about.qwant.com/en/legal/confidentialite/ |

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