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What DuckDuckGo's terms say

C privacy grade · duckduckgo.com · Search & AI

DuckDuckGo's terms of service and privacy policy have 27 rated points: 0 serious, 6 bad, 11 worth knowing and 10 good. 24 apply whenever you use the site, signed in or not; 3 only once you have an account.

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Whenever you use DuckDuckGo

Bad 5

  • Any liability on behalf of the service is only limited to the fees you paid as a user

    Any liability on behalf of the service is only limited to the fees you paid as a user in the last 12 months or 100$

  • You may be tracked on other websites

  • This service shares your personal data with third parties that are not essential to its operation

  • Your data may be processed and stored anywhere in the world

  • Some personal data may be kept for business interests or legal obligations

Worth knowing 11

  • Invalidity of any portion of the Terms of Service does not entail invalidity of its remainder

  • There is a date of the last update of the agreements

  • The service is provided 'as is' and to be used at your sole risk

  • You agree not to use the service for illegal purposes

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  • No warranty is made regarding an uninterrupted, timely, secure and/or error-free experience

    The service provider makes no warranty regarding uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free service

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  • The service assumes no liability for any damages the user incurs

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  • No guarantee is made reguarding the accuracy and/or reliability of the information provided

    The service does not guarantee accuracy or reliability of the information provided

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  • This service does not guarantee that it or the products obtained through it meet your expectations or requirements

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  • Your IP address is collected, which can be used to view your approximate location

  • Third parties are involved in operating the service

  • This service gives your personal data to third parties involved in its operation

Good 8

  • An onion site accessible over Tor is provided

    This service provides an onion site accessible over Tor

    DuckDuckGo is reachable at duckduckgogg42xjoc72x3sjasowoarfbgcmvfimaftt6twagswzczad.onion

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  • This service claims that your personal data is not being sold

  • If you offer suggestions to the service, they may use that without your approval or compensation, but they do not become the owner

  • You can access most of the pages on the service's website without revealing any personal information

  • The service claims that third parties it shares your personal information with are bound by confidentiality obligations

  • The service will only respond to government requests that are reasonable

  • The service will try to inform and/or notify you regarding government inquiries that may involve your personal information

  • The data retention period is kept to the minimum necessary for fulfilling its purposes

With an account

If you have a DuckDuckGo account

Bad 1

  • Tracking pixels are used in service-to-user communication

Good 2

  • This service claims User-generated content is encrypted, and they can not decrypt it

  • You can opt out of receiving promotional communications

The documents

Ratings by ToS;DR volunteers; they can lag behind the current terms. Not legal advice.