# RackNerd privacy rating

US provider of budget KVM VPS, dedicated and shared hosting in many North American and European datacenters.

## Summary

RackNerd scores 33 out of 100 (grade F) on the server hosting criteria. It meets 4 of 12 criteria: no ads or data sales, mail-friendly (port 25), IPv6 and anonymous payment. It partly meets TLS configuration and Reverse DNS. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, independent audit, transparency report, tells users about requests and security headers. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade B and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade F.

- Website: https://www.racknerd.com
- Jurisdiction: United States. Five Eyes member. Subject to the US CLOUD Act.
- Home page trackers: Google Analytics, Google Fonts (not scored), Google Tag Manager, Tawk.to
- Category: [Server hosting](https://privacyratings.com/server-hosting/)
- Grade: F (33/100)

## Criteria

| Criterion | Answer | Note | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Open source | No | Closed source. |  |
| No trackers or telemetry | No | The home page loads Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Tawk.to (automated test). |  |
| No ads or data sales | Yes | Funded by paid hosting, and the privacy policy says personal information is not sold. | https://www.racknerd.com/privacy-policy |
| 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 | Partial | Grade B | https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=www.racknerd.com&hideResults=on |
| Security headers | No | Grade F (0/100+) | https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/observatory/analyze?host=www.racknerd.com |
| Modern web standards | Not tested yet | Not tested yet. |  |
| Mail-friendly (port 25) | Yes | Open by default. | https://github.com/forwardemail/awesome-mail-server-providers#vps-and-dedicated-mail-server-provider-comparison-table |
| Reverse DNS | Partial | rDNS can be set in the VPS control panel; IPv6 rDNS is not documented. | https://blog.racknerd.com/racknerds-vps-control-panel-video-tutorial-guide/ |
| IPv6 | Yes | Native IPv6 is allocated free on request in some locations. | https://my.racknerd.com/index.php?rp=/knowledgebase/25/Do-you-provide-IPv6-.html |
| Anonymous payment | Yes | Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ethereum and stablecoins are accepted. | https://my.racknerd.com/index.php?rp=/knowledgebase/7/What-payment-methods-do-you-accept.html |

Source: https://privacyratings.com/server-hosting/racknerd/
Edit: https://github.com/privacyratings/privacyratings.com/edit/main/ratings/server-hosting/racknerd.md