Trust Index · Search and AI
Bing 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
bing.com
86/100
- Online since 1996, 30 years
- No consent banner seen
Consent and tracking100
Security81
Accessibility70
Transparency95
What cost it points
- medium
The bare address can open an unencrypted page.
- medium
Links don't say where they go.
- low
No stated way to report a barrier.
- low
Your browser may guess file types attackers can abuse.
- low
Keyboard users can't skip the menu.
- low
Embedded frames have no names.
- low
No published way to report a security hole.
- low
Full page addresses can leak to third parties.
- 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
- 11
- Session recording
- None
- Consent banner
- None
- Opt-out link
- Yes
The fine print
- Terms of use
- 76 min read (opens in a new tab) · 17,978 words
- Privacy policy
- Couldn't read it
- Forced arbitration
- Yes: no court
- Class-action waiver
- Yes
- AI in the privacy policy
- Unknown
- Accessibility statement
- No
Read automatically, so unusual wording can be missed. Not scored.
Security
- HTTPS
- Yes, no redirect
- HSTS
- Yes
- Content-Security-Policy
- Yes
- Framing blocked
- Yes
- Secret keys in code
- None
- security.txt
- No
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