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Changes in DuckDuckGo's privacy policy, including the 2022 amendment related to Microsoft tracking scripts
DuckDuckGo publicly acknowledged a contractual carve-out in its Microsoft search syndication agreement that, until August 2022, prevented the company’s browser and extensions from blocking some Micros...
The clearest independent audit of DuckDuckGo’s tracker‑blocking after the 2022 controversy was done by privacy researcher Zach Edwards, whose analysis revealed a Microsoft‑related carve‑out and prompt...
DuckDuckGo says it has continued to shrink the data surface it collects by moving processing into the client, tightening what leaves the browser, and changing which third parties are called from the b...
DuckDuckGo has publicly reframed parts of its privacy posture during 2024–2025, emphasizing stateless request handling and rolling out a 2025 tracking-policy refresh that focuses on stronger encryptio...
Independent security researchers and at least one named privacy researcher have published analyses alleging that DuckDuckGo’s browser products transmit telemetry or data flows to Microsoft-owned domai...