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DuckDuckGo IP address storage

DuckDuckGo's policy on storing IP addresses and its implications for user privacy

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Jan 18, 2026
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Has DuckDuckGo ever logged user IP addresses and when did that change?

DuckDuckGo’s public policy declares that the company does not save or log users’ IP addresses or any unique identifiers to disk, and that it only uses IP-derived information transiently to deliver con...

Jan 26, 2026
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Have independent audits verified Duck.ai's metadata‑stripping claims and can those audits be publicly reviewed?

loudly states that strips personally identifying metadata such as IP addresses before forwarding prompts to model providers, and multiple tech outlets have repeated or summarized that claim based on c...

Jan 15, 2026
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What specific logs or identifiers (IP addresses, timestamps, user agents) does DuckDuckGo state it retains in its full privacy or legal-compliance documentation?

DuckDuckGo’s public privacy and help documentation consistently states that it does not retain IP addresses, user agents, or other unique identifiers alongside users’ searches and browsing history, an...

Feb 4, 2026

How does DuckDuckGo handle IP addresses and timestamps?

receives es automatically from devices connecting to its service but says it uses them only transiently — for content delivery, bot detection and an anonymous GEO::IP lookup for localized results — an...