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title: "Privacy Policy"
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---
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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
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logs are discarded immediately, so the server doesn't persist any IP
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addresses or other personally identifiable information. Moreover, if
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you access this site over a VPN or Tor connection (`.onion` link
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available at the bottom of the page), the site won't even be able to
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learn your IP address in case of a compromise.
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Furthermore, the hosting provider of this site is
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[Hetzner Online GmbH](https://www.hetzner.com/). According to their
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privacy policy, they do not store any log data either. Please refer to
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their privacy policy for further 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
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method that allows data to be encrypted, but not decrypted. This means
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that the server does not learn your real IP address, but only a one-way
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encrypted version of it so that it can detect IP addresses that behave
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maliciously and rate limit connections from those. Furthermore, this
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database of hashed IP addresses is stored in memory only, and is not
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used for any other purpose than rate limiting. A single hashed IP
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address is stored for a maximum of 10 minutes after the last request
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from it.
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## Cookies
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No cookies are used on this website. However, your browser's local
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storage is used to save your color scheme preference if you ever change
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it manually. SearXNG can optionally use cookies to store settings if you
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choose to change them from the default. Your settings can alternatively
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be stored in a custom 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
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statistics on how upstream search engines perform, but this does not
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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
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is changed substantially, I will put a clear notice on the front page
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for at least 7 days. |