Website analytics
Fathom Analytics privacy rating
Hosted web analytics that counts visitors without cookies using a daily-salted hash, with a single-page dashboard and event tracking.
Summary
Fathom Analytics scores 50 out of 100 (grade D) on the website analytics criteria. It meets 4 of 11 criteria: no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales, TLS configuration and no cookies. It partly meets security headers and no personal data. It does not meet open source, independent audit, transparency report, tells users about requests and self-hostable. It is based in Canada: Five Eyes member. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A+ and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade B.
Score 50 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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Yes
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?
No third-party trackers. The website uses Fathom's own analytics, which are cookieless and aggregate-only.
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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 subscriptions. The privacy policy states personal data is not rented or sold.
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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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No
Transparency report Weight 2 of 3
Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
No transparency report or government request policy is 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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Yes
No cookies Weight 2 of 3
Does it count visitors without cookies or other identifiers stored on the device?
Visitors are counted with a hashed signature and a daily salt instead of cookies.
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Partial
No personal data Weight 3 of 3
Does it avoid storing IP addresses and personal data, and never share data with advertisers?
IP addresses of ordinary visitors are hashed with a daily salt, but records of detected bot traffic keep IP addresses.
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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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Partial
Security headers Weight 1 of 3
Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
Grade B (75/100+)
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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.