# Egress privacy rating

Cloud email security for Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace from Egress, a KnowBe4 company, covering inbound phishing detection, outbound data loss prevention and email encryption.

## Summary

Egress scores 16 out of 100 (grade F) on the spam and virus filtering criteria. It partly meets no ads or data sales, TLS configuration and security headers. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, independent audit, transparency report and tells users about requests. It is based in the United Kingdom: Five Eyes member; GDPR-style data protection law; CLOUD Act data access agreement with the US. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A- and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade B.

- Website: https://www.egress.com
- Jurisdiction: United Kingdom. Five Eyes member. GDPR-style data protection law. CLOUD Act data access agreement with the US.
- Home page trackers: Google Tag Manager
- Category: [Spam and virus filtering](https://privacyratings.com/spam-filters/)
- Grade: F (16/100)

## Criteria

| Criterion | Answer | Note | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Open source | No | Closed source. |  |
| No trackers or telemetry | No | The website loads Google Tag Manager and HubSpot, and the KnowBe4 privacy notice lists Google Analytics, AdRoll and Microsoft advertising tracking. | https://www.knowbe4.com/legal/website-privacy-notice |
| No ads or data sales | Partial | Funded by paid subscriptions and personal data is not sold, but website visitor data is shared with AdRoll and Microsoft for retargeting ads. | https://www.knowbe4.com/legal/website-privacy-notice |
| 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 A- | https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=switch.egress.com&hideResults=on |
| Security headers | Partial | Grade B (75/100+) | https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/observatory/analyze?host=switch.egress.com |
| Modern web standards | Not tested yet | Not tested yet. |  |

Source: https://privacyratings.com/spam-filters/egress/
Edit: https://github.com/privacyratings/privacyratings.com/edit/main/ratings/spam-filters/egress.md