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But they do though. How else are they going to serve you ads based on your search terms? (which they plainly say on their website that they do) There isn't a s
by rstat1 5y ago
But they do though. How else are they going to serve you ads based on your search terms? (which they plainly say on their website that they do)
There isn't a single search engine anywhere that isn't collecting some data. Not even DDG.
- leereeves 5y agoDDG's privacy policy says: > When you search at DuckDuckGo, we don't know who you are and there is no way to tie your searches together. > When you access DuckDuckGo (or any Web site), your Web browser automatically sends information about your computer, e.g. your User agent and IP address. > Because this information could be used to link you to your searches, we do not log (store) it at all. https://duckduckgo.com/privacy#s3 https://duckduckgo.com/privacy#s3
- burnished 5y agoServing ads based on your search terms is like serving an ad because some ones search had the word 'bolts' in it. You don't need to keep a lot of information pertaining to that around, not about the people using your service at least. Google isn't doing that. They have pretty complete portraits of your life (and dare I say) psychology that only comes from having such an incredible wealth of information about you and your position in the network graph.
- vineyardmike 5y ago> How else are they going to serve you ads based on your search terms They obviously have the search term your searching! They don't need to track you, they send the ads back with the search results!