Spam and virus filtering
DuoCircle privacy rating
Email services company whose products include cloud spam and phishing filtering, backup MX, email forwarding, outbound SMTP relay, and SPF and DMARC management.
Summary
DuoCircle scores 38 out of 100 (grade F) on the spam and virus filtering criteria. It meets 2 of 8 criteria: tells users about requests and TLS configuration. It partly meets no ads or data sales, independent audit and transparency report. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry and security headers. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade C.
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 website uses Google Analytics 4, plus Google Ads, Meta, LinkedIn and Microsoft Advertising cookies when accepted.
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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?
Paid service with no ads, and the privacy notice says personal data is not sold. The website uses Google, Meta, LinkedIn and Microsoft ad cookies to measure its own ad campaigns.
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Partial
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
SOC 2 Type II examinations by Hancock Askew & Co are done yearly, but the report is only shared under NDA.
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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?
A legal request response policy describes the process and legal standards required, but no request counts are published.
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Yes
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?
The policy promises to notify the affected customer before producing data, unless notice is prohibited by law.
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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No
Security headers Weight 1 of 3
Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
Grade C (50/100+)
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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.