Server hosting
BuyVM privacy rating
VPS provider owned by Cloudzy, offering KVM slices, storage VPS, block storage and anycast IP addresses in Las Vegas, New York and Luxembourg.
Summary
BuyVM scores 38 out of 100 (grade F) on the server hosting criteria. It meets 4 of 12 criteria: no ads or data sales, Reverse DNS, IPv6 and anonymous payment. It partly meets transparency report, TLS configuration and mail-friendly (port 25). It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, independent audit, tells users about requests and security headers. It is based in the United Arab Emirates: Not in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade B and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade D.
Score 38 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 home page loads Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Tawk.to.
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Yes
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Funded by paid hosting, and the privacy policy says client information is never shared with third parties.
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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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Partial
Transparency report Weight 2 of 3
Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
The privacy policy says client information is released to law enforcement only under a court order. No request counts are 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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Partial
Mail-friendly (port 25) Weight 1 of 3
Is outbound port 25 open by default, or opened on request?
SMTP ports are the only blocked ports and can be unblocked through a support ticket.
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Yes
Reverse DNS Weight 1 of 3
Can reverse DNS (PTR) records be set for IPv4 and IPv6?
Reverse DNS is set in the control panel.
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Yes
Anonymous payment Weight 1 of 3
Can servers be paid for with cryptocurrency or without identity checks?
Cryptocurrency payments are accepted through the CoinPayments gateway.
Automated tests
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Partial
TLS configuration Weight 2 of 3
Does the website pass the Qualys SSL Labs test with a grade of A or better?
Grade B
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No
Security headers Weight 1 of 3
Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
Grade D (30/100+)
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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.