Web search
Startpage
Dutch privacy search — owned by a US advertising company.
proprietary hosted in Europe Startpage · NLGoogle results without the tracking, but the owner since 2019 is System1 in California.
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How you can run it
| Way | Where the data lives | Price basis | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hosted in Europe | servers in Europe, run by a European company | free | red — Startpage is outside Europe, even when the servers are not. |
Facts
| Company / project | Startpage (NL), part of System1 |
|---|---|
| Licence | proprietary |
| Provenance | curated, verified 2026-09-04 |
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