In January 2019, Startpage became a part of System1 and continues to be headquartered in the Netherlands. As promised, we have kept all our commitments to maintain all of our privacy practices as well as adding more helpful private search features.

Please read this support article for a detailed explanation on the various contractual privacy protections we’ve put in place as a System1 company: https://support.startpage.com/hc/en-us/articles/5194985436948

In an effort to provide further transparency we make available our private search data flow,
detailing how personal data is protected: https://support.startpage.com/hc/en-us/articles/4455570359188

And you can read Waterfox’s statement here: https://www.waterfox.net/blog/waterfox-has-joined-system1

Please contact us at support@startpage.com if you have further questions.