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DuckDuckGo has faced criticism for allowing Microsoft trackers in some contexts, undermining its privacy promises
Yes—DuckDuckGo has a commercial syndication and advertising relationship with Microsoft that has been explicitly acknowledged by both companies and reported by multiple outlets; that agreement histori...
A clear record of reporting and company statements shows DuckDuckGo’s commercial relationship with Microsoft created a measurable exception in its tracker-blocking behavior on browsers in 2022, a gap ...
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...
There are no widely accepted, publicly disclosed incidents showing DuckDuckGo suffered a classic data breach that dumped user records to attackers; instead reporting documents a series of privacy laps...
DuckDuckGo responded to the 2022 disclosure of a Microsoft “carve‑out” by publicly pledging more transparency, expanding its tracker blocklist to include Microsoft scripts, and renegotiating the Micro...