Editing Startpage (section)

=== 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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