Startpage

<p>Startpage.com is a Dutch <a href="/facts/Search_engine/SRntsbz2">search engine</a> website that highlights privacy as its distinguishing feature. The website advertises that it allows users to obtain <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Bing/r2pIK5HT">Bing Search</a> and <a href="/facts/Google_Search/LFnCogKt">Google Search</a> results while protecting users' privacy by not storing personal information or search data and removing all <a href="/facts/Internet_tracking/Fdnjfnds">trackers</a>. Startpage.com also includes an Anonymous View browsing feature that allows users the option to open search results via <a href="/facts/Proxy_server/ArhwQE74">proxy</a> for increased anonymity. Startpage is owned and operated by Surfboard Holding BV, <a href="/facts/The_Hague/NRtu1Qqk">The Hague</a>, the Netherlands.
</p><p>Startpage.com began as a sister company of Ixquick, a <a href="/facts/Metasearch_engine/cBjd7aB5">metasearch engine</a> founded in 1998. The two websites were merged in 2016. In October 2019, Startpage received a significant investment from Privacy One Group, a subsidiary of <a href="/facts/System1/TfAfASfw">System1</a>.
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Startpage