Editing Startpage (section)

{{Short description|Privacy-focused search engine based in the Netherlands}}
{{for|the main page in a website|Home page}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox website
| name = Startpage
| logo = File:Startpage 2021.svg
| screenshot = Screenshot of Startpage website.png
| collapsible = y
| language = Multilingual
| type = [[Search engine]]<br>[[Proxy server]]
| owner = Startpage [[Besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid|BV]]
| parent = Surfboard Holding BV
| headquarters = Wilhelmina van Pruisenweg 104, [[The Hague]], the Netherlands
| url = {{URL|startpage.com}}
| launch_date = {{ubl|{{start date and age|1998}} (as Ixquick)|{{nowrap|{{Start date and age|1998|01|28}} (as Startpage)}}}}
}}

'''Startpage.com''' is a Dutch [[search engine]] website that highlights privacy as its distinguishing feature.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-07-13 |title=First European Privacy Seal Awarded |url=http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080714005501&newsLang=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910172620/http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080714005501&newsLang=en|archive-date=2017-09-10|access-date=2022-03-13 |website=Businesswire.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=EU Awards First Privacy Seal to Online Search Engine Ixquick.com |url=https://privacy.org/archives/002527.html |access-date=2022-03-13 |website=privacy.org}}</ref><ref name="expressvpn">ExpressVPN.com, [https://www.expressvpn.com/blog/ixquick-startpage/ "Free Search Engines: What You're Looking For?"], 19 January 2015, retrieved 5 April 2016.</ref> The website advertises that it allows users to obtain [[Microsoft Bing|Bing Search]] and [[Google Search]] results while protecting users' privacy by not storing personal information or search data and removing all [[Internet tracking|trackers]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-08 |title=What is the relationship between Startpage and your search partners, like Google and Microsoft Bing? |url=https://support.startpage.com/hc/en-us/articles/4522435533844-What-is-the-relationship-between-Startpage-and-your-search-partners-like-Google-and-Microsoft-Bing |access-date=2025-01-06 |website=Startpage Support |language=en-US}}</ref> Startpage.com also includes an Anonymous View browsing feature that allows users the option to open search results via [[Proxy server|proxy]] for increased anonymity.<ref>{{Cite web |title=How does Anonymous View work? - Startpage.com Support |url=https://support.startpage.com/index.php?/en/Knowledgebase/Article/View/117/0/how-does-anonymous-view-work |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=support.startpage.com|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220301211725/https://support.startpage.com/index.php?/en/Knowledgebase/Article/View/117/0/how-does-anonymous-view-work|archive-date= 1 March 2022|url-status=dead}}</ref> Startpage is owned and operated by Surfboard Holding BV, [[The Hague]], the Netherlands.

Startpage.com began as a sister company of '''Ixquick''', a [[metasearch engine]] founded in 1998. The two websites were merged in 2016. In October 2019, Startpage received a significant investment from Privacy One Group,<ref>{{Cite web|author=Startpage|date=19 September 2019|title=Building a more private internet experience with Privacy One Group|url=https://www.startpage.com/privacy-please/company-updates/startpage-and-privacy-one-group|access-date=29 December 2020|website=Startpage.com}}</ref> a subsidiary of [[System1]].