# Add Ecosia **URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/add-ecosia/12058 **Category:** Tool Suggestions **Created:** 2023-03-12T20:46:05Z **Posts:** 5 ## Post 1 by @marsh — 2023-03-12T20:46:05Z I think Ecosia is a great service and deserves to be at the Privacy Guides’ website. It has a pretty [decent privacy policy](https://info.ecosia.org/privacy) that shows how the data is handled and also respects the “Do Not Track” header. They obfuscate the IP address before sending data to Yahoo, Bing and others and, if it is not required they won’t send your search query at all, e.g. weather. I also like the bussiness model that they use and their transparency. Also, Ecosia is a B Lab certified. --- ## Post 2 by @jonah — 2023-03-12T22:59:29Z We previously considered Ecosia and I don’t think anything has changed since then: > > > Resolves: #682 > > The issue above is in disagreement and requires attention on w…hether Tor > blocking is a reason to not merge this. Ecosia still directly contacts Bing when you make a search from what I’m seeing here. I also don’t think their Tor accessibility has improved. --- ## Post 3 by @jerm — 2024-07-27T15:12:14Z I know that is thread is already answered, but I wanted to share more what I found about Ecosia that makes it **not** recommend. > **[Encrypted Rich text](https://cryptpad.adminforge.de/pad/#/2/pad/view/Xgbel9pFN9AZZbIh5Z7DSaFSWLu+Bb-UvKTOE+FKyLQ/embed/)** > > CryptPad: end-to-end encrypted collaboration suite --- ## Post 4 by @dumpster — 2024-07-27T16:18:02Z > [@jonah](#): > > Ecosia still directly contacts Bing when you make a search Doesn’t the same apply to Duckduckgo? --- ## Post 5 by @ph00lt0 — 2024-07-27T17:50:10Z No. They proxy the requests.