![]() ![]() ![]() These efforts are focused mostly on biodiversity hotspots, which only make up around 2.3% of the earth’s surface, but nevertheless account for half of all unique plant species and over 40% of birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians. EcosiaĮcosia is currently committed to 20 tree-planting projects in 15 countries all around the world, from South American countries like Peru and Brazil to Madagascar and Ethiopia in Africa, and other countries, including Spain and Indonesia. The search engine is also concerned with the plight of animals around the world that are losing their habitats to deforestation. Over to you now.The service acknowledges that trees can help empower and lift vulnerable populations out of poverty through the regeneration of depleted soils and agroforestry food-growing programs. You can protect your private data such as search history by using search engines that don’t track you. Since then, our users have planted an astonishing 150K trees! And the tree count is rising every day.Īpart from DuckDuckGo, StartPage, and Ecosia, there are other privacy-centric search engines such as Mojeek and Qwant.Ĭhoosing your search engine should not be taken lightly. Vivaldi has been partnering with Ecosia since 2017. Ecosia donates 80% of its profits from search ad revenue to support tree planting programs around the world. On top of that, the eco-conscious users can search and plant trees in the world’s most environmentally threatened areas. They don’t sell user data or searches to advertising companies and don’t use third-party trackers such as Google Analytics. Ecosia doesn’t create personal profiles based on search history, and all searches get anonymized within one week. We make sure to do both.” reads the slogan on Ecosia’s page. “Forests need protecting and so does your privacy. Ecosia – the search engine that protects your privacy and forests StartPage has a third-party privacy certification by EuroPriSe. StartPage also doesn’t filter results based on past searches and online services used, so you’re bound to get neutral search results. This means that users get the search results, without the search engine sending any personal information to Google’s servers. StartPage utilize Google’s search engine but anonymize tracking of user behavior. StartPage is focused on users’ privacy but in a slightly different way. StartPage – anonymized tracking of user behavior When you search using our Private Window, your search history is not tracked, and for any websites you visit, cookies and temporary files will not be stored by Vivaldi. In 2018, Vivaldi became the first browser to enable a default Private Search and to allow users to set a default search engine – DuckDuckGo – exclusively for Private Window browsing. This is what neutrality of search results is about. If two people search with DuckDuckGo for the same term, they will get the same non-biased result. They don’t follow you around with ads either.īecause DuckDuckGo doesn’t collect user data, it doesn’t base the results it returns on what they believe each user would like to see. DuckDuckGo – focus on privacyĭuckDuckGo doesn’t track or store any personal information on its users. The good news is that search engines that don’t track you are gaining popularity. This can even be used to gain political influence. Eventually, they put you in a bubble by showing you only things you agree with. ![]() They show you what they think you are most likely to click on. When you are tracked and your data is fed to algorithms to create a profile to sell to advertisers, eventually algorithms become biased and show you search results that aren’t objective. In the same survey, 82% of Vivaldi users said that they look for neutrality of search results when they pick a search engine. Users are also alarmed by search engines bringing up biased search results. Alternatively, it will anonymize your searches shortly after they are completed. A search engine that doesn’t track you will not collect any user data. After all, search engines have access to a lot of revealing private information – your search history. In a recent survey, 84% of Vivaldi users told us that the privacy reputation of a search engine is important to them. ![]() When it comes to search engines, users are especially sensitive to tracking. And more and more people review privacy policies and expect answers from the companies they choose. Good news! With increased surveillance, security breaches, and poor privacy practices, companies that don’t track you are making waves. Almost everything we do online (and offline for that matter) is being tracked, stored and processed by algorithms. More than two-thirds of websites out there contain hidden Google trackers, and one quarter have hidden Facebook trackers. ![]()
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