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title: Privacy Policy
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2022-09-09 18:58:42 +00:00
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**_Last updated: September 9, 2022_**
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_This privacy policy applies to this website, as well as the free services
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mentioned in the [about page]({{< relref "about.md#free-services" >}})._
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## Who we are
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This website and the free services are owned and hosted by Sam Al-Sapti.
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## What data is collected
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No data is collected about the site's visitors. The webserver's access logs are
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discarded immediately, so the server doesn't persist any IP addresses or other
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personally identifiable information. Moreover, if you access this site over a
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VPN or Tor connection (`.onion` link available at the bottom of the page), the
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site won't even be able to learn your IP address in case of a compromise.
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Furthermore, the hosting provider of this site is [Hetzner Online
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GmbH](https://www.hetzner.com/). According to their privacy policy, they do not
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store any log data either. Please refer to their privacy policy for further
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information.
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If you use my SearXNG instance however, the built-in limiter plugin will
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collect your IP address in hashed form. Hashing is a one-way encryption method
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that allows data to be encrypted, but not decrypted. This means that the server
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does not learn your real IP address, but only a one-way encrypted version of it
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so that it can detect IP addresses that behave maliciously and rate limit
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connections from those. Furthermore, this database of hashed IP addresses is
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stored in memory only, and is not used for any other purpose than rate
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limiting. A single hashed IP address is stored for a maximum of 10 minutes
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after the last request from it.
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## Cookies
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No cookies are used on this website. However, your browser's local storage is
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used to save your color scheme preference if you ever change it manually.
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SearXNG can optionally use cookies to store settings if you choose to change
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them from the default. Your settings can alternatively be stored in a custom
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URL instead.
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## Embedded third party content
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Currently no third party content is embedded on this site.
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## Analytics
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No analytics are used on this site. SearXNG measures aggregate statistics on
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how upstream search engines perform, but this does not include any user data.
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## Changes to this privacy policy
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I reserve the right to update this privacy policy from time to time. I
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constantly keep it up to date with the latest changes. If this policy is
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changed substantially, I will put a clear notice on the front page for at least
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7 days.
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