It’s all about privacy-centric search engines these days. Articles in the news about how search engines & tech-giants such as Google, Apple & Facebook collect & store users’ personal data for advertising targeting has made both, users & international regulators more aware of the dangers these practices impose over peoples’ privacy rights.
Google has committed itself to eliminating cookie tracking, but experts are apprehensive that although the search giant may desist from placing cookies in browsers, it may still collect & store users’ data in some other way. And, with more & more Internet users becoming aware of their privacy being violated, there’s an increase in their numbers looking for privacy-centric search engines that don’t track their Online habits.
To help this lot, & our readers, we are listing 5 such new privacy-centric search engines.
This search engine “is committed” to not collecting or selling search history. It disallows 3rd party ad trackers & cookies, which allows users to search & browse anonymously.
Startpage uses Google search results via its proprietary personal data protection technology, which gives users a familiar search experience without the tracking.
Search results are delivered via an encrypted connection which doesn’t log users’ IP addresses. Startpage prevents 3rd party price trackers as well. Users can set Startpage as their default browser & give privacy oriented browsing a try.
This engine is really unique in the sense that it is eco-friendly. It plants trees for every search made on their platform, which results in a cleaner planet. Ecosia does not create personal profiles based on users’ search history & they anonymize all searches within one week. All search results are encrypted & they don’t sell users’ data to 3rd party advertisers.
Ecosia does collect a small amount of data on users to improve their service, but allows browsers to opt out of all tracking if they so desire.
Swisscows promises users a 100% anonymous, encrypted browsing experience. It claims not to store users’ data. It has its own servers that do not work with a Cloud or a 3rd party. They operate a data center in the Swiss Alps, which they say is extremely safe.
One of the most salient features of this search engine is that they offer child-safe browsing by not showing porn or violence, their results are also education focused.
A child-focused, privacy orientated search engine that doesn’t collect any personally identifiable information, & deletes their logs every 24 hours. This engine offers safe browsing for children & returns results in a child-friendly manner with large fonts & images. The engine doesn’t allow 3rd parties to track your children’s activities around the Net.
Data privacy & ownership are currently a big concern for Internet users around the globe. According to new privacy search neeva, tech mega-giants’ methods of tracking & storing users’ data is not transparent enough. In order to rectify this inequitable situation, the team behind neeva has developed a search engine that gives users total control over their Online presence It has come up with a plan to eliminate advertising from search results, too.
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