{
  "slug": "startpage",
  "category": "search-engines",
  "name": "Startpage",
  "description": "Dutch search engine returning primarily Google results, proxied to strip IP and identifiers. Includes an \"Anonymous View\" proxy for previewing results privately.",
  "website": "https://www.startpage.com",
  "license": null,
  "platforms": [],
  "jurisdiction": {
    "code": "NL",
    "name": "Netherlands",
    "eyes": "Nine Eyes",
    "eu": true,
    "gdpr": true,
    "cloud_act": null
  },
  "pick": false,
  "pick_reason": null,
  "disclosure": null,
  "grade": "D",
  "score": 45,
  "coverage": 100,
  "summary": "Startpage scores 45 out of 100 (grade D) on the search engines criteria. It meets 3 of 11 criteria: TLS configuration, no search history logs and no profile-based ads. It partly meets no ads or data sales, transparency report, security headers and no account needed. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, independent audit and tells users about requests. It is based in the Netherlands: Nine Eyes member; EU member (GDPR). Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A+ and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade B.",
  "url": "https://privacyratings.com/search-engines/startpage/",
  "markdown": "https://privacyratings.com/search-engines/startpage/index.md",
  "answers": {
    "open_source": {
      "title": "Open source",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Closed source."
    },
    "no_trackers": {
      "title": "No trackers or telemetry",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": "https://www.startpage.com/en/privacy-policy/",
      "note": "The website has no tracking cookies, but the Startpage app sends crash reports through Sentry and anonymized product analytics, with no documented opt-out."
    },
    "no_ads": {
      "title": "No ads or data sales",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://www.startpage.com/en/privacy-policy/",
      "note": "Funded by non-personalized sponsored links from Google AdSense."
    },
    "independent_audit": {
      "title": "Independent audit",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "No independent audit is published."
    },
    "transparency_report": {
      "title": "Transparency report",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://www.startpage.com/en/privacy-policy/",
      "note": "The privacy policy describes how government requests are handled, but no request counts are published."
    },
    "user_notice": {
      "title": "Tells users about requests",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "No published policy on notifying users about data requests."
    },
    "tls": {
      "title": "TLS configuration",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=www.startpage.com&hideResults=on",
      "note": "Grade A+"
    },
    "security_headers": {
      "title": "Security headers",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/observatory/analyze?host=www.startpage.com",
      "note": "Grade B (70/100+)"
    },
    "web_standards": {
      "title": "Modern web standards",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "pending",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Not tested yet."
    },
    "no_search_logs": {
      "title": "No search history logs",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://www.startpage.com/en/privacy-policy/",
      "note": "IP addresses and search queries are not recorded, except for blocking automated abuse."
    },
    "no_personalized_ads": {
      "title": "No profile-based ads",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://www.startpage.com/en/privacy-policy/",
      "note": "Only non-personalized ads are shown."
    },
    "no_account_needed": {
      "title": "No account needed",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://www.startpage.com/en/privacy-policy/",
      "note": "Search works without an account; the paid subscription needs a Startpage account."
    }
  },
  "tests": {
    "ssllabs": "A+",
    "observatory": "B",
    "internetnl_web": null,
    "internetnl_mail": null,
    "trackers": [],
    "tested_at": "2026-10-01T07:01:15.810Z"
  },
  "last_modified": "2026-10-01T07:44:20Z"
}