methodology / Privacy & Compliance / #47

Privacy policy page presence

live factor #47 · Privacy & Compliance · scoring impl: implemented · weight 1.3%

What we measure

Every public-facing site needs a privacy policy. It's required by GDPR, CCPA, and COPPA — and it's a basic trust signal for any visitor.

How to improve your score

Generate one with Termly or iubenda, or copy and adapt a template. Link it from your footer on every page.

Data source

Data source for this factor is not yet documented.

Implementation notes

HTTP probe for common URLs plus footer link extraction looking for "privacy" text.

Scoring

Scoring formulas are versioned with the methodology. The current method (v1.1.0) maps raw measurements to pass, warn, fail. Factor weights determine how much each contributes to the composite — see the methodology index for the full table.

Version history

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