Trust Index · News, sports and reference
AOL gets a B. Here's what loads before you agree
Checked October 25, 2026 in a US browser, with no choice made on any banner.
Grade B
aol.com
83/100
- Online since 1995, 31 years
- Consent tool: Didomi
- Built with Next.js
Consent and tracking100
Security85
Accessibility55
Transparency100
What cost it points
- high
Screen readers can't describe these images.
- medium
One hijacked script could reach the whole page.
- medium
Links don't say where they go.
- low
No stated way to report a barrier.
- low
Headings don't outline the page.
- low
"Learn more" links don't say where they go.
What loaded before you chose
Third-party trackers that fired before any choice, across 2 visits.
- Ad trackers
- None
- Analytics
- None
- Cookies before a choice
- 1
- Session recording
- None
- Consent banner
- Didomi
- Opt-out link
- No
The fine print
- Terms of use
- 48 min read (opens in a new tab) · 11,462 words
- Privacy policy
- 15 min read (opens in a new tab) · 3,487 words
- Forced arbitration
- Yes: no court
- Class-action waiver
- Yes
- AI in the privacy policy
- None
- Accessibility statement
- No
Read automatically, so unusual wording can be missed. Not scored.
Security
- HTTPS
- Yes
- HSTS
- Yes
- Content-Security-Policy
- No
- Framing blocked
- Yes
- Secret keys in code
- None
- security.txt
- Yes
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