For example, StartPage and DuckDuckGo claim they send no personal data, but then both of them offer local ads with ads from Google and Bing which they have to have shared with them. If you click on the ads you and your IP address are directly taken to Google or Bing.
Yahoo needs to do a lot better, but their private search is at least transparent -- they're clear about what it does so we're able to work with them.
]]>INFORMATION COLLECTED
https://duckduckgo.com/privacy#s4
INFORMATION SHARED
https://duckduckgo.com/privacy#s5
"If you turn redirects off in the settings and you don't either turn POST on or use our encrypted site, then your search could leak to sites you click on. Yet as explained above, this does not happen by default.
Also, like anyone else, we will comply with court ordered legal requests. However, in our case, we don't expect any because there is nothing useful to give them since we don't collect any personal information."
DuckDuckGo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuckDuckGo
"When you search, your query is automatically stripped of unnecessary metadata including your IP address and other identifying information. We send the anonymized search query to Google and return the search results to you. We don’t log your searches."
"Our search result pages may include a small number of clearly labeled "sponsored links," which generate revenue and cover our operational costs. Those links are retrieved from platforms such as Google AdSense. In order to enable the prevention of click fraud, some non-identifying system information is shared, but because we never share personal information or information that could uniquely identify you, the ads we display are not connected to any individual user."
"Startpage's video search results are delivered in full privacy, provided by YouTube API Services. When clicking on video links, you will be redirected to YouTube, and subject to their YouTube Terms of Service and Google Privacy Policy."
Startpage.com#Privacy_protection
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startpage … protection
"In 2011, Startpage received the European Privacy Seal, a European Union–sponsored initiative that indicates compliance with EU laws and regulations on data security and privacy through a series of design and technical audits. It was re-certified in 2013 and 2015. The company has also completely ended the recording of user IP addresses since January 2009. Because Startpage is based in the Netherlands, it is also "not subject to US laws like the Patriot Act, and cannot be forced to comply with US dragnet surveillance programs, like PRISM." Startpage has also contributed €20,000 to NOYB, the non-profit organization founded by Max Schrems, which is committed to launching strategic court cases and media initiatives in support of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation."
"The company also provides a stand-alone proxy service, Startpage.com Proxy, which is incorporated into the Startpage search engine. This feature, known as Anonymous View since 2018, allows users the option to open all search results via proxy."
"Since Startpage.com does not collect user data, it does not serve targeted advertising based on user data history. The company generates revenue from its search engine by providing contextual advertising based on the keyword used to perform a search."
]]>However, referring Yahoo! as a Privacy Warrantor or even the Benchmark of Privacy Protection looks funny to me... SORRY!
Yahoo!#Criticism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!#Criticismú
Criticism of Yahoo! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Yahoo!
Yahoo!#Participation_in_PRISM_surveillance_program https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!#Pa … ce_program
All three of the listed "private search engines" have REFUSED for years to explain to us what data they share with Google/Bing and how exactly they're private (that's StartPage, DuckDuckGo and Qwant). If we can't trust them and don't understand how they handle your data, then we obviously can not ethically include them in our product nor legally. That's why we didn't and couldn't partner with any of them. For our current partnership, we hope to swap in the Yahoo private search soon (which they explain transparently unlike others), and with that partnership we're contractually limited at present hence the other limitations. If you like DuckDuckGo, Yahoo should work well as they likely have comparable privacy and the same search results as both are powered by Bing.
]]>I'm using the Home button for else. I'm looking forward to the new version.
THX.
]]>The idea is to change the DEFAULT SEARCH ENGINE working directly from the address/URL bar (now only Epic or Yahoo!).
]]>where does, please, Epic store the default Search engine setting, the script? Since it isn't possible to modify it via the Settings UI, neither is it possible to install a dedicated extension, I'd like to set it manually.
I can see the basic path in "chrome://version/", but cannot find the exact file with the string.
There's a number of SEs claiming to respect the user's privacy, but Epic denies us freedom of choice.
Just a few examples (in alphabetical order):
https://duckduckgo.com/ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuckDuckGo)
https://www.qwant.com/ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qwant)
https://startpage.com/ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startpage.com)
THANKS in advance.
Kind regards
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