Qwant
Qwant is a French search engine that does not track its users or sell personal data. It maintains its own European search index and is a privacy-respecting alternative to Google Search.
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The services below are European alternatives to Google Search: each one is run by a company headquartered in the EU, the EEA or the EFTA, and we describe its hosting and open-source status honestly through tags.
Qwant is a French search engine that does not track its users or sell personal data. It maintains its own European search index and is a privacy-respecting alternative to Google Search.
Ecosia is a Berlin-based search engine that uses its advertising profits to plant trees around the world. Searches are not stored permanently and no advertising profiles are created.
Startpage is a Dutch search engine that delivers Google search results through a privacy shield: your searches are never linked to you, and no profile is ever built.
A Swiss privacy search engine that stores no user data and emphasises anonymous, family-friendly results.
A German non-profit metasearch engine that blends results from several sources while recording no IP addresses or personal data.
A German non-profit, ad-free search engine that channels its proceeds into charitable projects supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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