Is Startpage — Private Search Engine safe?
Sets Startpage as the default search engine for private searches from the browser address bar.
This extension changes the browser’s default search engine to Startpage Search and lets you search Startpage directly from the URL bar. Clicking the extension opens a new tab with the Startpage homepage, and the store description says Startpage does not save, share, or sell personal or search data.
Who publishes itStartpage - no other listings under this identity
Startpage - no other listings under this identity
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
AI-generated. Findings may contain errors. Those marked Verified have been manually reviewed.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 3.0.8. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Read and change your data on startpage.com
https://*.startpage.com/*
Store data in your browser
storage
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Startpage contacting. Sending data somewhere is not a finding on its own - an extension that syncs your settings has to talk to its own server - but it is where your data can go, and who else it goes to.
- www.startpage.com
Startpage sends data to www.startpage.com. One other extension we have analysed sends data here.