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Limitations and potential issues with DuckDuckGo's data privacy policies
DuckDuckGo publicly asserts it does not have searchable user search or browsing histories to hand over in response to legal process, while its published policies show limited categories of user data i...
DuckDuckGo protects data stored locally through a mix of on-device encryption for sensitive items (passwords, bookmarks) and privacy-preserving local caches used by features like Smarter Encryption; w...
DuckDuckGo’s official materials consistently state that some data is stored locally on users’ devices for functionality and anonymity — for example, display settings, dismissed prompts, and subscripti...
DuckDuckGo presents itself as a privacy-first search provider but its transparency is constrained by partial openness and operational ties to Microsoft’s Bing, while Brave emphasizes full open-source ...
DuckDuckGo’s public documentation and extension listings state explicitly that the DuckDuckGo browser extension does not track users or collect personal data tied to individual identities, and the com...
DuckDuckGo says it designs its services so it does not collect or retain search or browsing histories tied to individual users and therefore cannot produce such records in response to legal demands li...