[Pick-A-Hill2019]

Hi. I took a look at Mojeek (first time I've heard about it) and since you mentioned the site and you work there -

In your Privacy page (Data Usage Section) there is a mention of stored "Browser Data" & " These logs contain the time of visit, page requested, possibly referral data, and located in a separate log browser information." & "We may also use aggregate, non-personal search data to improve our results".

This is an honest question - How is that not exactly what the Parent stated was the issue?

    So they save your web searches and claim that they do so in an non-personally identifiable way.

[ricardo81]

An often referred to issue with DDG is that its favicon service was informing DDG of sites you visit, rather than searches you make.

But agreed that all search engines have to be trusted on their word about anonymising data and not retaining PII when it comes to searches specifically. There's nothing any front end user can do to verify it.