Startpage Privacy Protection EN

Startpage Privacy Protection extension provides private search and online data protection. Easy and secure privacy protection across the internet. With this privacy extension, you can automatically block trackers and cookies from websites you visit and ensure all your searches are in complete privacy. With just one click, you can seamlessly decrease the amount of personal data Big Tech and non-private search engines are collecting on you.

Startpage Privacy Protection is designed to give people control over what personal data is shared while using a privacy search engine. You have the power to visibly monitor the privacy practices of each website you visit and can turn off and on your privacy and tracking settings.

This privacy extension provides the following private search engine and blocker features:
- Sets default search engine to startpage.com
- Ensures searches are private, not saved, sold or used for profiling.
- Blocks trackers and cookies
- Stops trackers from being placed on search activities by advertisers and third parties
- Reports website privacy scoring
- Evaluates and calculates a privacy rating based on each site’s privacy.
- Overrides social media tracking
- Replaces social media, video, and music site tracking defaults with “click-to-activate” privacy options.
- Sends global privacy control signal
- Sends visited sites a signal with your privacy preferences.
- Prevents browser fingerprinting
- Detects and blocks third party sites using special scripts to collect information about you
- Quickly exit any page by pressing esc key four times

Learn why you should start your search with Startpage Privacy Protection:
Homepage: https://www.startpage.com
License: https://www.startpage.com/sp/cdn/sourcecode/LICENSE-1.1.5.md
Source Code: https://www.startpage.com/sp/cdn/sourcecode/privacy-search-1.1.5.zip
Anonymous View: https://www.startpage.com/en/anonymous-view
Privacy, Please! Blog: https://www.startpage.com/privacy-please
Startpage In the News: https://www.startpage.com/privacy-please/press
About Us: https://www.startpage.com/en/about-us
Privacy Policy: https://www.startpage.com/en/search/privacy-policy.html

Privacy Badger as a whole is presently Licensed GPL v3+, though many portions
of the code are dual-licensed under other free/open source licenses. Forked and modified by Startpage (Surfboard Holding B.V.)
https://github.com/Openmail/privacybadger/blob/master/LICENSE