Trust seal

No personal data by design.

We don't collect your personal data. That's why we cannot sell or share it.

If we don't have it, we can't use it.

No Data Found seal

The system

A new standard for apps that truly respect their users.

Many platforms say: "we collect data but we don't share it." This system changes the paradigm.

Traditional model

"We collect data but we don't sell it."

No Data Found

"We don't collect personal data, so it cannot be sold, shared or exploited."

It's not about trusting how data is used — it's about removing the need for trust because personal data simply doesn't exist within the system.

The analogy

Like an ordinary shop.

Imagine your favourite website as an ordinary shop. The door is open. Anyone can walk in. You can browse, compare, and leave without buying anything. It's normal and nobody finds it strange. An everyday thing.

What the shopkeeper knows

  • How many people walk in each day
  • Roughly where they go
  • How long they stay
  • Maybe an approximate idea of age or gender

They'd have a general picture. The kind our social interactions have produced for millennia. The everyday norm.

What a shopkeeper would never do

  • Ask for your ID at the door
  • Follow you through every section
  • Time how long you stare at each shelf
  • Note down which items you touch
  • Time how long you held a particular item
  • Build a personal file of what you like
  • Keep it forever, for next time

That would be intrusive. Outside the norm. Private.

The digital equivalent has broken this balance. Many websites do ask you to identify yourself before entering, do follow you into every section, do measure every glance, and do build a profile that lasts forever.

No Data Found doesn't ask sites to operate without data. It asks that the basic experience — coming in and browsing — be data-free, because none is needed. If you click, ask, buy, or return something, it's normal that some personal-data interaction takes place; otherwise nothing can work. But only then. And only the data strictly needed for that action. Nothing more.

When data IS processed

A site carrying the No Data Found seal can absolutely process personal data — most do at some point (contact forms, orders, personalised searches...). What defines the seal isn't a total absence of data, but how and when it's used.

  • Outside the basic experience. The user can browse, read, and move around the site without any of their personal data being processed.
  • On explicit request. Data is only handled when the user takes a concrete action that requires it (a form, a purchase, a personalised query).
  • With full transparency. When that interaction starts, the user clearly knows that data is now being processed.
  • Strictly the necessary minimum. Only the data essential to complete that action. Nothing that could later be cross-referenced for tracking or to build a profile.

Principles

Six verifiable commitments.

01

No personal data collection

No name, email, phone, persistent identifiers or individual tracking.

02

Local processing

Whenever possible, data is processed on the user's own device.

03

No profiling

User profiles are never built and behaviour is never segmented.

04

No third-party sharing

Data is never sold or shared. No tracking-based ad integrations.

05

Minimal anonymous analytics

Only aggregated metrics, with no personal identifiers.

06

No mandatory sign-up

Open access to core features without creating an account.

Comparison

Privacy by promise vs. privacy by design.

Traditional model
No Data Found
Personal data collection
Yes
No
Requires trusting the company
Yes
No
Risk of data leak
Present
None
Behavioural profiling
Common
No
Sharing or selling to third parties
Possible
Impossible
Mandatory sign-up
Frequent
No

Certification

Three levels of guarantee.

Each app can be certified according to the level of protection it offers. All three levels fully exclude any sale or sharing of data.

Level 1

No Data Found

No personal data. Local processing.

  • No personal data
  • Local processing whenever possible
  • Minimal aggregated analytics
Typical example: An informational landing, a calculator or an in-browser editing tool. Nothing is uploaded to a server.
Level 2

Minimal Data

Strictly necessary technical data.

  • Only essential technical data
  • No profiling
  • No third-party sharing
Typical example: A contact form, a file conversion tool or a one-off AI query. Data arrives, does its job, leaves.
Level 3

No Profiling

Technical collection without identification.

  • Some technical collection allowed
  • No individual identification
  • No behavioural tracking
Typical example: A news site with aggregated stats, a service with error logs for debugging. Data is kept, but never tied to a person.

Resources

Download the seals.

The circular seal is universal and bilingual — a single seal valid worldwide, with both Catalan and English text built in. Three formats: PNG HD (high resolution, for print or large format), PNG (standard size) and WEBP (lightweight). The rectangular badge is available per language.

No Data Found Universal · segell

No Data Found CA · badge

You can place the seal in your footer, your privacy page or anywhere you like, linking to nodatafound.cat. Use is conditional on complying with the principles of the corresponding level.

This website

nodatafound.cat complies with its own seal.

This site does not collect personal data and does not use tracking. All processing happens locally in your browser. It uses no tracking cookies or identifier-based analytics. Certified Level 1 — No Data Found.

Independent verification

Audit any website yourself.

The seal rests on transparency. To check whether a site genuinely complies with its principles, these independent tools let you audit it without having to take anyone at their word.

Webbkoll

By the 5th of July Foundation (Sweden)

Analyses cookies, third-party requests, security headers and GDPR compliance. Maintained by a Swedish nonprofit foundation dedicated to digital rights. Open source.

Open Webbkoll →

Blacklight

By The Markup (USA)

Detects ad trackers, fingerprinting, session recorders and advertising pixels (Meta, X, TikTok). Built by a New York-based nonprofit investigative journalism organisation.

Open Blacklight →

How to get it

Certification requirements.

  1. Publicly state that no personal data is collected.
  2. Openly describe the data model of the service.
  3. Guarantee the complete absence of profiling.
  4. Eliminate any sharing with third parties.
  5. Limit analytics to aggregated and anonymous metrics.
  6. Allow access to core features without sign-up.

Scope

Applies to

  • Websites and WebApps without mandatory sign-up
  • Services that operate mostly anonymously
  • Tools with local or minimal interaction

Does not apply to

  • Mobile apps with user accounts
  • Services with mandatory login
  • Platforms tied to digital stores with persistent identity

Mailbox

Report a fraudulent use.

The seal is a public commitment. If you spot a website or app displaying it without complying with the principles of its level, please let us know. We review every report and, when the issue is confirmed, contact whoever is using the seal to ask them to remove it or to adapt the service to the required standards.

The identity of whoever reports is never shared. Feel free to write from a personal or an anonymous account — whichever you prefer.

Settings

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Language

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