• dalë@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    Headquartered in the US so I wouldn’t guarantee it.
    This was against Google specifically but I would imagine it would hold up against any US based search engine they felt someone was using.

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      9 months ago

      Right, they must respond to a subpoena. But they don’t retain search records, do they?

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        9 months ago

        In some cases they must retain the information. Like your ISP in the USA had to retain data for le purposes.

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          Your statement contradicts their stated policy, and I’m not aware of any such requirement in the US.

          https://duckduckgo.com/privacy

          IP retention is addressed in the first paragraph under “privacy policy”, and it stated they don’t save or log it.

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              9 months ago

              Your point is not unique: all websites require your trust.

              So if that’s your threat model you can’t use any search engine.

              But if we want to put that aside and discuss their stated policy, then the link I provided addressed the parent statement that

              In some cases they must retain the information. Like your ISP in the USA had to retain data for le purposes.

              Which directly refutes that there is any such requirement.