Additional Content
A brief description of some search engines (no translation)
- Sources: Self
- Data Policy: Collects your data from Bing and buy your data from third parties. Privacy policy depends on type of account you use. This data is used for personalisation and for targeting ads. Shares data with Microsoft-controlled affiliates and subsidiaries; with vendors working on our behalf etc.
- Cookie Policy: Collects cookies for multiple purposes.
- Privacy Settings: Menu > Privacy
- Sources: Self (Google till 2021, still compared with other sources if not enough results found), Bing for image and video results
- Data Policy: Does not collect personal data, search queries or mouse clicks
- Cookie Policy: To remember settings – even this is anonymous and can be switched off by the user
- Settings: Menu > Show more
- Sources: over 400 sources – including other search engines like Yahoo, Bing, and Google.
- Data Policy: Does not collect personal data, search queries are recorded as an aggregate, without an individual’s personal data
- Cookie Policy: Does not use tracking or identifying cookies
- Privacy Settings: Menu > All Settings > Privacy
- Sources: Bing
Data Policy: Does not sell personal or search data,anonymises data within 7 days
Cookie Policy: No third party tracking, Minimal tracking that can be turned off
Privacy Settings: Menu > All Settings
- Sources: Self
- Data Policy: Collects personal data, search terms, interactions, activity and preferences across Google apps; Activity on third-party sites and apps that use Google services This data is used for personalisation, for targeting ads and for improving Google services. Google also collects information about you from publicly accessible sources, trusted sources and advertising partners.
- Cookie Policy: Collects cookies for multiple purposes.
- Privacy Settings: Settings > Search settings for safe search ; Settings > Your data in Search or Privacy settings under google account when signed in
- Sources: Yahoo, Bing, Scopia, Infotiger, OneNewspage, Kelkoo,
- Data Policy: does not track or store personal data, searched deleted within 96 hours
- Cookie Policy: Uses non-personally identifiable cookies to save search settings
- Privacy Settings: Menu > settings for safe filter and blacklists
- Sources: Bing
- Data Policy: Does not store search history, IP address is stored for 4 days.
- Cookie Policy: Does not use cookies.
- Privacy Settings: Toggle switch near search box for advanced privacy.
- Sources: Self, Bing
- Data Policy: Does not store personal information or searches, Anonymised IP is stored for 7 days
- Cookie Policy: Does not use tracking cookies
- Privacy Settings: Menu > settings for safe filter
- Sources: Google
- Data Policy: Does not collect personal data or record search queries, anonymises data, clearly labels sponsorized content
- Cookie Policy: Does not use tracking or identifying cookies
- Privacy Settings: Can be accessed through Menu > Settings > Scroll down to ‘Privacy and Safety’
- Sources: Self, for German, Bing for other languages
- Data Policy: Does not store any data and so, do not deliver any ads based on collected data,anonymises search queries after 7 days
- Cookie Policy: Does not use cookies
- Privacy Settings: Not needed!
- Sources: Bing!
- Data Policy: Collects personal data, search terms, interactions, activity and preferences across Yahoo! apps; Activity on third-party sites and apps that use Yahoo! services This data is used for personalisation, for targeting ads and for improving services. Yahoo! also collects information about you from publicly accessible sources, trusted sources and advertising partners.
- Cookie Policy: Collects cookies for multiple purposes.
- Privacy Settings: Menu > Settings > Preferences
