Craigslist

Craigslist (stylized as craigslist) is an American classified advertisements website.

4.8/10

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Handling

Does the policy allow personally-targeted or behavioral marketing? No

10/10

Does the service allow you to permanently delete your personal data? No

0/5

Does the service allow third-party access to private personal data? No

10/10

This may come in the form of outright data sharing or by using local third-party analytics software (such as Google Analytics, which collects a plethora of user information).

Note that whether the policy allows sharing aggregated user data does not affect this question.

If the personal data is encrypted when it passes through the third-party, it does not count as third-party access (as the data is inaccessible to that party).

If personal data has been made public by, for example, posting it to a blog, it does not count as private personal information (and is therefore not considered by this question).

Score

Yes

The policy allows sharing personal data with third parties (not just critical service providers), and does not explicitly list the third parties.

Yes, all parties specified (including non-critical service providers such as advertisers)

30%

Yes, not all parties specified (but only to critical service providers)

70%

Yes, all parties specified (only to critical service providers)

80%

100%

Citation

We do not run ads, other than the classifieds posted by our users.
We do not share your data with third parties for marketing purposes.
We do not engage in cross-marketing or link-referral programs.
We do not employ tracking devices for marketing purposes.
We do not send you unsolicited communications for marketing purposes.
We do not engage in affiliate marketing (and prohibit it on CL).

When does the policy allow law enforcement access to personal data? When reasonably requested

3/5

Score

Always

This includes cases in which law enforcement either runs the service or has a known backdoor into (or relationship with) the service.

Not specified

When reasonably requested

60%

Only when required by a court order or subpoena

80%

N/A (no personal data to share)

The service would have no personal data to share with law enforcement.

100%

Never (special legal jurisdiction)

The service operates in a jurisdiction in which sharing data with law enforcement is never required.

100%

Citation

Circumstances in which we may disclose user data: [...] to respond to subpoenas, search warrants, court orders, or other legal process.

Notes

The formulation "or other legal process" makes the statement non-absolute.

Transparency

Does the policy outline the service's general security practices? No

0/3

Score

Somewhat

The policy provides only a very vague overview of its security practices.

30%

Yes

60%

Yes, including audits

"Reviews," "monitoring," etc. also count as audits.

80%

Yes, including independent audits

Independent "reviews," "monitoring," etc. also count as independent audits.

100%

N/A

The service doesn't collect any personal information.

100%

Citation

We retain data as needed for our business purposes and/or as required by law. We make good faith efforts to store data securely, but can make no guarantees.

Notes

The only information the service provides as is that it retains the data "as needed".

Is the policy's history made available? No

0/5

Does the policy require users to be notified in case of a data breach? Not necessarily

0/7

Will affected users be notified when the policy is meaningfully changed? No

0/5

Collection

Does the service collect personal data from third parties? Yes

0/10

Is it clear why the service collects the personal data that it does? Somewhat

3/10

Does the service allow the user to control whether personal data is collected or used for non-critical purposes? N/A (no data used for non-critical purposes)

10/10

Does the policy list the personal data it collects? Yes, generally

7/10

Score

The policy does not claim to not collect personal data, but it also doesn't provide any meaningful insight into the types of personal data it collects.

Only summarily

The policy uses overly vague language to provide a summary of the types of collected personal data.

30%

Yes, generally

All general categories of collected personal data are listed, though not all types of personal data are explicitly mentioned (for example, the list might use a phrase like 'such as' when listing types of personal data).

70%

Yes, exhaustively

All types of collected personal data are listed specifically

100%

N/A (no personal data is collected)

100%

Citation

Data we use to provide/improve our services and/or combat fraud/abuse:

data you post on or send via CL, and/or send us directly or via other sites.

credit card data, which is transmitted to payment processors via a security protocol (e.g. SSL).

data you submit or provide (e.g. name, address, email, phone, fax, photos, tax ID).

web log data (e.g. web pages viewed, access times, IP address, HTTP headers).

data collected via cookies (e.g. search data and "favorites" lists).

data about your device(s) (e.g. screen size, DOM local storage, plugins).

data from 3rd parties (e.g. phone type, geo-location via IP address)."

Notes

The company lists the data it uses to provide/improve its services and/or combat fraud/abuse, however, the formulation is vague and the company does not state that this data is the only data it collects.

Last Updated

May 26, 2021

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