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quangobaud

What the Duck!?!

"When you view search results (including ads), your searches cannot be tied back to you, either by us or our partners."

a slimline pop-up displayed above results in a search with information on adverts shown in DuckDuckGo detailing that the ads are from the Microsoft ad Network
https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/company/ads-by-microsoft-on-duckduckgo-private-search/ DuckDuckGo Help Pages logoDuckDuckGo Help Pages Search Privacy Ads By Microsoft on DuckDuckGo Private Search Viewing ads is privacy protected by DuckDuckGo. We partner with many different information sources to deliver DuckDuckGo Search (e.g., Microsoft for ads, Apple for maps, etc.). When you view search results (including ads), your searches cannot be tied back to you, either by us or our partners. How this works technically is we do not store any personal identifiers (e.g., IP address) with your search terms, and we also proxy all requests to partners through us. When you leave our site, you are subject to other sites’ policies, including their data collection practices. For ads from Microsoft, you also pass through Microsoft Advertising’s platform. For more info, check out the DuckDuckGo privacy policy. Ad clicks are managed by Microsoft’s ad network. Microsoft and DuckDuckGo have partnered to provide a search solution that delivers relevant advertisements to you while protecting your privacy. If you click on a Microsoft-provided ad, you will be redirected to the advertiser’s landing page through Microsoft Advertising’s platform. At that point, Microsoft Advertising will use your full IP address and user-agent string so that it can properly process the ad click and charge the advertiser. Other search engines associate your ad-click behavior with a profile on you, w
Other search engines associate your ad-click behavior with a profile on you, which can be used later to target ads to you on that search engine or around the Internet. By contrast, when you click on a Microsoft-provided ad that appears on DuckDuckGo, Microsoft Advertising does not associate your ad-click behavior with a user profile. It also does not store or share that information other than for accounting purposes
cropped advert in the style of an email subject line shown in my Microsoft Outlook earlier today for Gender Affirming Care which is definitely personally relevant
#DuckDuckGo#Microsoft#Adverts
Mar 23, 2025, 09:46 AM·Public·Tusky
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River, the Andean Puppy

@miguelpergamon
Oh, I don't forget this. Alongside a tracking pixels drama I was talking about a few days ago, DuckDuckGo was found to violate their own Privacy Policy once.

Mozilla-core sellout behavior. Love it when "privacy-friendly" and "Free and Open Source! :3" corpos do this kinda shit. Anything to appeal to the damn techbros.

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quangobaud

@PuppyFromLosAndes
It's the third bit of suspect behaviour I've noticed from DuckDuckGo but I expected the usual disappointment in all tech to happen with it eventually. Still looking for alternatives and will get around to trying Tor Browser when I have the time.

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