Compliance Tools

The compliance tools we detect on new sites, ranked by how many use each. Part of Business Tools.

Tools tracked
132
in Business Tools
Sites
4,127
using at least one compliance tool
Above 1%
14
tools on more than 1% of them

What we found

  1. DMCA.com leads, on 25% of the sites using a compliance tool, with ActiveProspect close behind on 20%.
  2. Only 14 of the 132 compliance tools we track run on more than 1% of these sites.
  3. Among sites launched in September, Responsible Gambling Council rose to #8 from #13 in August.
  4. Several leaders are regional: ANPC SAL (Romania), ICP Beian (China) and EU Widerrufsbutton (Germany).

The leading compliance tools

# Movement Tool Country Share Bar Sites 90 days
1 ▼1 DMCA.com DMCA.com badge / protection widget. 25% 1,031
2 ▲1 ActiveProspect Consent-based lead acquisition and TrustedForm certificate platform for lead compliance. 20% 826
3 ▲1 ANPC SAL Romanian consumer protection authority whose alternative dispute resolution badge is mandatory on Romanian online shops. Romania 8.0% 330
4 ▼1 ICP Beian Chinese government licence filing required to operate a website hosted in mainland China. China 6.9% 283
5 ▲1 EU Widerrufsbutton Legal withdrawal and returns form widget for online stores. Germany 5.1% 209
6 – Bộ Công Thương Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade ecommerce registration portal and trust badge. Vietnam 5.0% 208
7 – AFIP Data Fiscal Argentine tax-authority QR badge that registered sellers are required to display, linking to the seller's fiscal registration record. Argentina 3.9% 161
8 ▼1 EU Widerrufs-Button Pro Shopify app that adds the EU withdrawal button and cancellation form required of German online shops. 2.5% 103
9 – LegitScript Trust and certification service for healthcare, pharmacy, and CBD merchants. 2.3% 95
10 ▲5 Responsible Gambling Council 2.0% 81
11 ▲2 CONAC (China National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System) 1.9% 79
12 ▼3 AgeChecker.net Age verification service that checks shopper identity against public records at checkout. 1.8% 73
13 ▲1 PrestaShop Official GDPR Compliance Official PrestaShop module that handles GDPR consent, data access and data erasure requests for shoppers. 1.7% 72
14 Collab Cares 1.4% 59
15 ▼4 AICPA SOC SOC for Service Organizations attestation programme, shown as a compliance trust badge. 0.9% 39

Share is of the 4,127 sites using a compliance tool; a site can use more than one. A flag means nearly all of a tool's sites are in that country. Arrows compare each tool's rank among sites launched in September with August. The line is its share of new sites over 90 days. Showing the top 15 of 132.

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