other http signatures which I am not so familiar with.the name of the user's browser (user agent) and OS (e.g.Of course there is still some information which a regular user of DuckDuckGo must assume is available to DuckDuckGo: no identification parameters are returned in the query string part of the http request.all searches are performed with a http GET.no DuckDuckGo cookies are stored on my browser.I had a look at the data being sent from my browser (Firefox 14.0.1 on Ubuntu 11.04) back to the DuckDuckGo servers when I do page searches (without changing any of DuckDuckGo's default settings) and found the following good points: This answer gives a few reasons to believe that DuckDuckGo is putting its privacy policy into practise by investigating the technical aspects of DuckDuckGo as of. I arrive late to this question, but hopefully I can contribute some useful information which will also help others make a more informed decision regarding the trustworthiness of DuckDuckGo. Given the incentives and legal regime, I think you should assume DuckDuckGo follows their own privacy policies, until you find any information to the contrary. No, I don't think that DuckDuckGo is a scam.
DuckDuckGo would be pretty dumb to breach their own privacy policy their privacy policy is clear and unambiguous and leaves them little wiggle room. Also, violating your own privacy policy represents "unfair or deceptive acts or practices", and the FTC is empowered to pursue anyone who engages in "unfair or deceptive acts or practices" in court. Breaching your own privacy policy may be fraud, which is illegal.
(Not just little companies you've never heard of: They even went after Facebook!) The way privacy law works in the US is, basically, there are almost no privacy rules that restrict what information web sites can collect - except that if they have a privacy policy, they must abide by it. The FTC has filed lawsuits after companies that violate their own advertised privacy policy. It is a model of clarity, plain language, and lack of legal obfuscation.Īnd privacy policies have bite.
And, as far as I can see, DuckDuckGo's privacy policy seems like a model privacy policy. Those are pretty strong promises, with no weasel-wording. DuckDuckGo says it doesn't track you, it doesn't send your searches to other sites, by default it does not use any cookies, it does not collect personal information, it does not log your IP address or other information about your computer that may be sent automatically with your searches, it doesn't store any personal information at all. (There never is, on the web.) However, that is the wrong question.ĭuckDuckGo is very clear in its privacy policy. There is no proof that DuckDuckGo operates as advertised.
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