Editing Startpage (section)

== Products ==
On 27 June 2006, following [[Criticism of Google#Google Shopping rankings|criticism of Google Shopping]], the website began to delete private details of its users.<ref>{{cite news|date=27 June 2006|title=Ixquick.com Eliminates 'Big Brother'|publisher=biz.yahoo.com|url=http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060627/20060627005367.html?.v=1}}</ref> Ixquick stated that it does not share the personal information of users with other search engines or with the provider of its sponsored results.<ref>{{cite news|last=Greenberg|first=Andy|date=15 February 2008|title=The Privacy Paradox|work=Forbes.com|url=https://www.forbes.com/2008/02/15/search-privacy-ask-tech-security-cx_ag_0215search.html|access-date=12 September 2009}}</ref><ref>"[http://ixquick.com/eng/privacy-policy.html Ixquick: Privacy Policy]"</ref> According to ''[[The New York Times]]''<nowiki/>' ''[[Wirecutter (website)|Wirecutter]]'', Startpage does not store user's personal information or search data.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Klosowski|first=Thorin|date=13 July 2020|title=Our Favorite Ad Blockers and Browser Extensions to Protect Privacy|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/our-favorite-ad-blockers-and-browser-extensions-to-protect-privacy/|access-date=17 August 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> A May 2020 review of the website on [[ZDNet]] also states that Startpage "does not track, log, or share data or searching history".<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Brown|first=Eileen|date=21 May 2020|title=Startpage private search engine now an option for Vivaldi browser|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/startpage-private-search-engine-now-an-option-for-vivaldi-browser/|access-date=17 August 2020|website=ZDNet|language=en}}</ref>

In 2011, Startpage received the [[European Privacy Seal]], a European Union–sponsored initiative that indicates compliance with EU laws and regulations on data security and privacy through a series of design and technical audits. It was re-certified in 2013 and 2015.<ref name="pr_eu">Ixquick.eu press release, [https://www.ixquick.eu/eng/press/europrise-reaffirmed.html?hmb=1 "EuroPriSe: Privacy-friendly Internet search with Ixquick and Startpage reaffirmed"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416113523/https://www.ixquick.eu/eng/press/europrise-reaffirmed.html?hmb=1 |date=16 April 2016 }}, 20 July 2015, Surfboard Holding B.V., Bonn, Germany, on Ixquick.eu website, retrieved 5 April 2016.</ref> The company has also completely ended the recording of user IP addresses since January 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Duncan|first=Geoff|date=28 January 2010|title=StartPage Search Engine Offers Anonymous Web Browsing|url=https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/startpage-search-engine-offers-anonymous-web-browsing/|access-date=17 August 2020|website=Digital Trends}}</ref> Because Startpage is based in the Netherlands, it is also "not subject to US laws like the [[Patriot Act]], and cannot be forced to comply with US dragnet surveillance programs, like [[PRISM (surveillance program)|PRISM]]."<ref>{{Cite news|title=StartPage to drop Yahoo from search results|language=en-GB|work=belfasttelegraph|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/technology/startpage-to-drop-yahoo-from-search-results-35138188.html|access-date=14 September 2020|date=17 October 2016|issn=0307-1235}}</ref> Startpage has also contributed €20,000 to [[NOYB]], the non-profit organization founded by [[Max Schrems]], which is committed to launching strategic court cases and media initiatives in support of the EU's [[General Data Protection Regulation]].<ref name=":1" />

The company also provides a stand-alone [[proxy server|proxy]] service, Startpage.com Proxy, which is incorporated into the Startpage search engine.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bradley|first=Phil|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0hcpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA84|title=Expert Internet Searching: Fifth edition|date=2017|publisher=Facet Publishing|isbn=978-1-78330-247-5|pages=84|language=en}}</ref> This feature, known as Anonymous View since 2018, allows users the option to open all search results (except advertisements) via the proxy.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Brinkmann|first=Martin|date=25 October 2018|title=Preview of the new Startpage.com|url=https://www.ghacks.net/2018/10/25/preview-of-the-new-startpage-com/|access-date=17 August 2020|website=Ghacks}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Spadafora|first=Anthony|date=29 November 2018|title=Privacy search engine Startpage launches anonymous browsing feature|url=https://www.techradar.com/news/privacy-search-engine-startpage-launches-anonymous-browsing-feature|access-date=17 August 2020|website=TechRadar|language=en}}</ref>

=== StartMail ===
StartMail, founded in 2014 by Startpage CEO Beens, was developed to offer a privacy protecting [[email]] service.<ref name="techwirenews.com">{{Cite web|last=Aitken|first=Alastair|date=21 April 2014|title=Getting started on StartMail - part one|url=http://techwirenews.com/2014/04/21/getting-started-on-startmail-part-one/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411144851/http://techwirenews.com/2014/04/21/getting-started-on-startmail-part-one/|archive-date=11 April 2021|access-date=29 September 2021|website=Tech Wire News|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Benson|first=Thor|title=Russia just blocked its citizens from using ProtonMail|url=https://www.inverse.com/innovation/russia-just-blocked-its-citizens-from-using-protonmail|access-date=14 September 2020|website=Inverse|language=en}}</ref> StartMail also allows the creation of disposable and permanent email aliases for each account.<ref name="techwirenews.com"/> [[Phil Zimmermann]], the inventor of the [[Pretty Good Privacy|PGP]] encryption system who Startpage hired in 2018 to advise the company on privacy technology, has also helped develop StartMail's PGP-encrypted email service.<ref>{{Cite web|title=PGP Encryption Inventor To Advise StartPage Search Engine|url=https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/320251/pgp-encryption-inventor-to-advise-startpage-search.html|access-date=14 September 2020|website=MediaPost|language=en}}</ref>

Since Startpage.com does not collect user data, it does not serve [[targeted advertising]] based on user data history. The company generates revenue from its search engine by providing [[contextual advertising]] based on the keyword used to perform a search.<ref name=":1" />

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File:Startpage screenshot 2011.jpg|Startpage website in 2011
File:Startpage 2009.png|First Startpage logo, until 2015
File:StartPage logo.png|Second Startpage logo, until 2018
File:Startpage.com logo.svg|Third Startpage logo, until 2021
File:Startpage 2021.svg|Fourth Startpage logo, current
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