Privacy Ratings

Wikis and knowledge bases

Outline privacy rating

Team knowledge base and wiki with real-time collaborative editing, Markdown support and integrations such as Slack. Available as a hosted service or self-hosted.

United States Five EyesPlatforms: Web · macOS

Summary

Outline scores 44 out of 100 (grade D) on the wikis and knowledge bases criteria. It meets 3 of 8 criteria: open source, no ads or data sales and security headers. It partly meets TLS configuration. It does not meet no trackers or telemetry, independent audit, transparency report and tells users about requests. 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 A+.

Score 44 out of 100. How scoring works

Criteria

  • Yes

    Open source Weight 3 of 3 Source-available

    Is all the source code needed to run the product public?

    All code is public under the source-available Business Source License 1.1, which is not OSI-approved. Each release converts to Apache-2.0 after the change date.

    github.com

  • 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 hosted app is configured with Google Analytics and sends error reports to Sentry.

    app.getoutline.com

  • Yes

    No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3

    Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?

    Funded by paid plans. The privacy policy states personal information is not rented or sold.

    getoutline.com

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

Automated tests

  • Partial

    TLS configuration Weight 2 of 3

    Does the website pass the Qualys SSL Labs test with a grade of A or better?

    Grade B

    ssllabs.com

  • Yes

    Security headers Weight 1 of 3

    Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?

    Grade A+ (110/100+)

    developer.mozilla.org

  • 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.

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