Startpage

Google results with the tracking stripped out, from the Netherlands.

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Startpage is a privacy front end for Google. It sends your query to Google on your behalf and returns the results with no logging, no profile, and no cookies. Its Anonymous View proxy can open any result without handing the site your IP address. The company is based in the Netherlands under EU law. The thing to weigh is ownership. A US ad-tech firm, System1, took a majority stake in 2019, though independent audits since then have found its privacy practices intact. You get Google’s results without Google recording who asked.

Strengths

  • Google-quality results with no tracking or logging
  • Anonymous View proxy opens results without exposing your IP
  • No cookies or search profiling

Considerations

  • Majority-owned by US ad-tech firm System1 since 2019
  • Relies on Google, so not an independent index

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