Team chat
Microsoft Teams privacy rating
Microsoft's workplace chat and meeting app with channels, direct messages, video calls and file sharing, part of Microsoft 365, with a free tier for personal use.
Summary
Microsoft Teams scores 30 out of 100 (grade F) on the team chat criteria. It meets 1 of 4 criteria: no ads or data sales. It partly meets independent audit. It does not meet open source and no trackers or telemetry. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act.
Score 30 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?
Microsoft websites use third-party cookies, including for ads, and Teams sends required diagnostic data by default.
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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 Microsoft 365 subscriptions with no ads in Teams; the privacy statement says chats and video calls are not used to target ads.
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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?
Teams is covered by independent SOC 2 Type 2 audits, but the reports are only available to signed-in Microsoft 365 customers.