Browser extensions
Privacy Essentials privacy rating
DuckDuckGo browser extension that blocks trackers, upgrades connections to HTTPS and sets DuckDuckGo as the search engine.
Summary
Privacy Essentials scores 40 out of 100 (grade D) on the browser extensions criteria. It meets 1 of 4 criteria: open source. It partly meets no ads or data sales. It does not meet no trackers or telemetry and independent audit. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act.
Score 40 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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No
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
No third-party trackers, but the extension sends an anonymous usage-counting request with each search, with no documented way to turn it off.
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Partial
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
The extension has no ads, but DuckDuckGo is funded by search ads based on the current search, not a profile.
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No
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
No independent audit is published.