For Internet Users
Q: Your scoring and ranking does not fit my preferences. Can I change the composition of test groups?
A: Unfortunately, this is not possible at the moment. This will be possible after the beta phase.
Q: Do you also check what the websites will do with my personal information?
A: We can only assess things that can be determined automatically. PrivacyScore does not analyze privacy policies or make any statements about the general trustworthiness of the website.
For Website Operators
Q: My site has been scanned by PrivacyScore. I do not want to be scanned in the future.
A: Please
contact us via e-mail and we will add you to our blacklist.
Q: My site has been scanned by PrivacyScore. The results are wrong.
A: We are sorry for this mistake. Please
contact us via e-mail. We will amend the erroneous result and use your feedback to improve the corresponding test.
Q: I want to blacklist your scanning machines. What are their IP addresses?
A: As Of 15 Sep 2018 our scanning machines use the following IP address: 141.13.99.180. Before 15 Sep 2018 our scanning machines used the following IP addresses: 134.100.14.111, 134.100.14.112, 134.100.14.113, 134.100.14.115, 134.100.14.116, 134.100.14.117, 134.100.14.118, 134.100.14.119, 134.100.14.120, 134.100.14.121, 134.100.14.122, 134.100.48.194, 193.174.89.26
For Data Protection Officers, Privacy Activists and Researchers
Q: Can we host a separate instance of PrivacyScore on our own servers?
A: Yes. We have published our source code including scripts for simplified deployment. See the
Code section on our website for more details.
Q: We have ideas for additional tests. Can you include those in PrivacyScore?
A: We are currently very busy improving the stability of our code. However, we are happy to include additional tests if they can be performed automatically with sufficient accuracy.
Trivia
Q: How many sites are in your database?
A: 157582
Q: How many sites are currently in the scanning queue?
A: 51
Q: How many scans have you performed so far?
A: 2686551
