Online Trust Audit and Honor Roll
OTA works to track the progress and adoption of best practices, 
while highlighting early adopters and "North Stars". In 2009, OTA launched the Online Trust Audit and Honor Roll, which today is a comprehensive evaluation of a site's best practices in brand and consumer protection, security, and privacy. Through a composite weighted scoring including over two dozen data points, sites that achieve a score of 80% or greater are named to the Honor Roll.
2018 Online Trust Audit and Honor Roll News
2018 Methodology - The Audit evaluates sites in three categories: consumer protection, site security and responsible privacy practices. Read the details here.
2017 Online Trust Audit and Honor Roll
- 2017 Online Trust Audit Report (updated June 21st)
- 2017 Virtual Press Room
- 2017 Online Audit Methodology | Press Release - (Jan 31, 2017) | 2017 Methodology Briefing Deck
- 2017 - Top 50 - "Top of Class"
- 2017 Honor Roll List (all segments)
- Congressional Briefing Deck (June 27)
- Briefing Webinar (recorded webinar June 29) | Webinar Slide Deck
- Best Practices Check List (PDF)
- 2017 Recorded Webinar (February 22, 2017)
Nest, the Google-owned manufacturer of home automation devices best known for its smart thermostat, has warned a customer of a password breach, urging him to change it and deploy two-factor authentication (2FA).
Langevin (D-RI) with its Cybersecurity, Privacy & Innovation Public Service Award.
Banks and government agencies always push us to do business online, but many of them get a failing grade when it comes to website security. The latest online security audit by the Online Trust Alliance shows mixed reviews for websites that collect your your private information. Healthcare.gov scored high for both tight security and strong privacy. The U.S.
Online Trust Audit and Honor Roll, this year finding an overall increase in trustworthy websites, with some caveats. This year, 48 percent of news and media sites made the grade, the most significant improvement in the past year among all industries surveyed by the OTA. "This is a real comeback story," Spiezle said of the news and media industry.