HMA Privacy Report

Privacy Rating
8.3
/10
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Although HMA doesn’t update its software often, it offers two and multi-factor authentication, secure encryption, and a fair logging policy. Additionally, the company hasn’t had any security breaches or shared any user data with governments, unlike many of its competitors.

Encryption

In Transit Yes
At rest? Yes
All network communications and capabilities? Yes

Security Updates

Automatic, regular software/ firmware updates? No
Product available to use during updates? No

Passwords

Mandatory password? Yes
Two-Factor authentication? Yes
Multi-Factor authentication? Yes

Vulnerability Management

Point of contact for reporting vulnerabilities? sec.report@hidemyass.com
Bug bounty program? No

Privacy Policy

Link https://www.hidemyass.com/legal/privacy
Specific to device? No
Readable? Yes
What data they log Day of connection, amount of data transferred, crash reports, email address, username, payment info, email address, livechat history
What data they don’t log Originating IP address, DNS queries, browsing history, transferred data
Can you delete your data? Yes
Third-party sharing policies Discloses data to third parties

Surveillance

Log camera device/ app footage n/a
Log microphone device/ app n/a
Location tracking device/ app No

Parental Controls

Are there parental controls? No

Company History

Any security breaches/ surveillance issues in past? No
Did they do anything to fix it? n/a

Additional Security Features

Anything like privacy shutters, privacy zones, etc.? n/a