Arq vs Backblaze
On overall TruNorth grade, Backblaze scores higher (Arq: D, Backblaze: C). Both graded from public records across nine values categories.
Political donations
FEC: $828K in executive political donations; partisan lean Democratic +47 across 25 executive donors.
FEC: $966K in executive political donations; partisan lean Democratic +64 across 29 executive donors.
Environment
No public record found.
No public record found.
Labor
1 federal penalties totaling $500K since 2000 (Violation Tracker).
No public record found.
DEI
No public record found.
No public record found.
Charity
No public record found.
No public record found.
Animal testing
No public record found.
No public record found.
Firearms
No public record found.
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Privacy
No public record found.
Terms-of-service privacy grade C (mixed) via ToS;DR (tosdr.org), CC BY-SA 3.0 — transformed to TruNorth's scale.
Executive pay
CEO total compensation $2.1M (2024; other named executives averaged $777K) — SEC pay-versus-performance disclosure (Item 402(v) XBRL).
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