# How privacy-friendly is Archive.org?

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/how-privacy-friendly-is-archive-org/40433
**Category:** Questions
**Created:** 2026-09-03T10:47:07Z
**Posts:** 1

## Post 1 by @mid — 2026-09-03T10:47:07Z

ToS;DR awards the Internet Archive a C grade (their grades ranging from A for the best services to E for the worst services), and one of the reasons given is “You are tracked via web beacons, tracking pixels, browser fingerprinting, and/or device fingerprinting”. I often see people in the privacy community opening websites through the Wayback machine to avoid being tracked. Is the Internet Archive privacy-friendly or not?