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Which German news sites respect your privacy?

We scanned Germany's most-read news sites for the trackers and scripts they load before you give consent. Here is how they compare, ranked by privacy score and measured on the dates shown.

Automated, factual measurements · updated as sites are re-scanned ·

News sites carry some of the heaviest advertising and tracking on the web. Here is how Germany's treat your data before you agree to anything.

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Average privacy score
8 of 8
Load trackers before consent
Perfect privacy scoreScore 100 · 1 club
Lowest scoreScore 0 · 4 clubs

Ranked by privacy score

Der Spiegel logo
Der Spiegel
spiegel.de
100
Tagesschau logo
Tagesschau
tagesschau.de
95
FAZ logo
FAZ
faz.net
75
#4
Bild logo
Bild
bild.de
66
#5
Süddeutsche Zeitung logo
Süddeutsche Zeitung
sueddeutsche.de
0
#6
Focus logo
Focus
focus.de
0
#7
Welt logo
Welt
welt.de
0
#8
Die Zeit logo
Die Zeit
zeit.de
0

How these results are measured

Each result is an automated, factual, point-in-time measurement of a public website, taken on the scan date shown. This is a correction process, not a removal process: if you believe a result is wrong, open the site report and re-scan it, or report an error and we will review it. Privacy of personal data in Germany is overseen by the BfDI.

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