What Startpage's terms say
Startpage's terms of service and privacy policy have 17 rated points: 0 serious, 1 bad, 5 worth knowing and 11 good. 17 apply whenever you use the site, signed in or not; 0 only once you have an account.
Whenever you use Startpage
Bad 1
Third-party cookies are used for advertising
Worth knowing 5
First-party cookies are used
Third parties are involved in operating the service
This service is a subsidiary of Company X
This service is a subsidiary of System1
Where it says this ↗Only aggregate data is given to third parties
This service informs you that its Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party services
The service informs you that its privacy policy does not apply to third party websites
Good 11
The terms for this service are easy to read
Where it says this ↗The cookies used by this service do not contain information that would personally identify you
The service will resist legal requests for your information where reasonably possible
You can request access, correction and/or deletion of your data
You are not being tracked
A complaint mechanism is provided for the handling of personal data
The service claims to be GDPR compliant for European users
The service will only respond to government requests that are reasonable
Your feedback is invited regarding changes to the terms
You can limit how your information is used by third parties and the service
You can limit how your information is used by third-parties and the service
This service provides a list of third parties involved in its operation
This Service provides a list of Third Parties involved in its operation
If you have a Startpage account
No account-only points rated.
The documents
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