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American internet entrepreneur
DuckDuckGo publicly positions itself as a privacy-first search engine and browser that “never tracks your searches” and monetizes via contextual ads rather than behavioral profiling . Independent repo...
DuckDuckGo is an independent, privately held company founded and led by Gabriel Weinberg; it is incorporated as Duck Duck Go, Inc. and has taken venture funding from investors like Union Square Ventur...
DuckDuckGo’s most prominent recent controversy centers on reporting that its mobile browser allowed Microsoft-owned tracking scripts to run, prompting accusations that the company made an exception to...
DuckDuckGo asserts it collects minimal user-identifiable data and therefore frequently has when served with law enforcement requests, a stance reflected in company statements and reporting between 202...
DuckDuckGo was founded in 2008 by Gabriel Weinberg, who remains its chief executive and majority owner; the company frames itself as independent and majority-owned by Weinberg and team members . Publi...
DuckDuckGo’s founder and chief executive officer is consistently identified as Gabriel Weinberg , but a centrally published, canonical “executive team” page on DuckDuckGo’s own site is not present in ...
DuckDuckGo is an independent, privately owned company and is not owned by Microsoft — DuckDuckGo itself states it has been independent since 2008 and summaries of its company history repeat that fact ...
DuckDuckGo’s stated operational model is designed to limit collection of identifiable search data, making stored, usable search histories unlikely to exist for the NSA to obtain directly; . Independen...
DuckDuckGo has not partnered with Google on search or advertising and has repeatedly positioned itself as an independent, privacy-focused rival; DuckDuckGo’s help pages say “no relationship with Googl...
Microsoft and DuckDuckGo have a commercial relationship: DuckDuckGo uses Microsoft (Bing/Microsoft Advertising) as a search and ad partner, which has at times produced contractual limits on DuckDuckGo...
Available sources do not report DuckDuckGo turning over user data in response to U.S. court orders, and the reporting here focuses on DuckDuckGo’s role and commentary in the government’s antitrust cas...
Gabriel Weinberg is the founder and long-time CEO of DuckDuckGo, the privacy-focused search company he started in 2008 and scaled from a self-funded basement project into an international business . H...
DuckDuckGo has faced a notable privacy controversy stemming from 2022 reporting that its browser and apps allowed some Microsoft-owned tracking scripts to run due to a search/ads syndication agreement...
DuckDuckGo publicly states it has not produced user search logs to U.S. courts and maintains it does not collect the sort of personally identifiable query logs that would be subject to search warrants...
DuckDuckGo’s “Microsoft exception” was a limited carve-out in its browser and extensions that allowed certain Microsoft-owned tracking scripts to load on third‑party websites, a condition DuckDuckGo s...
DuckDuckGo has not been the plaintiff in a high‑profile lawsuit against YouTube in the sources provided; instead, the reporting shows DuckDuckGo participating as a witness and complainant about Google...
DuckDuckGo is organized as a privately held, independent corporation—commonly referenced in public records as "Duck Duck Go, Inc."—with its founder Gabriel Weinberg retaining majority ownership alongs...
DuckDuckGo publicly emphasizes that it collects minimal identifiable user data and therefore in response to subpoenas or court orders, a position voiced by founder Gabriel Weinberg and reflected in th...