Appreciate the positive feedback!

We appreciate your feedback.

Thanks for caring about privacy, we are glad to have you as a user.

IMPORTANT UPDATE ON PERMISSION REQUEST REMOVAL
Over the last few days, Startpage has received valuable feedback regarding our recent extension update and valid concerns around our request to view browser tabs. We realize that users understandably would prefer not to allow such permissions. As privacy advocates committed to serving our community, the team made it our highest priority to address this issue.

Effective immediately our extension will no longer request access to browser tabs for existing and new users. See version update here: https://addons.vaultpit.io/en-US/firefox/addon/startpage-privacy-search-engin/versions/

We appreciate all feedback and ask that you continue to openly communicate with us. Please feel free to reach out directly by email at [email protected], by Twitter @StartpageSearch, or on product review sites. We review these daily and look forward to hearing from you.

Thank you for your review and trust, please read the below update on the extension.

IMPORTANT UPDATE ON PERMISSION REQUEST REMOVAL
Over the last few days, Startpage has received valuable feedback regarding our recent extension update and valid concerns around our request to view browser tabs. We realize that users understandably would prefer not to allow such permissions. As privacy advocates committed to serving our community, the team made it our highest priority to address this issue.

Effective immediately our extension will no longer request access to browser tabs for existing and new users. See version update here: https://addons.vaultpit.io/en-US/firefox/addon/startpage-privacy-search-engin/versions/

We appreciate all feedback and ask that you continue to openly communicate with us. Please feel free to reach out directly by email at [email protected], by Twitter @StartpageSearch, or on product review sites. We review these daily and look forward to hearing from you.

10/10/2019
IMPORTANT UPDATE ON PERMISSION REQUEST REMOVAL
Over the last few days, Startpage has received valuable feedback regarding our recent extension update and valid concerns around our request to view browser tabs. We realize that users understandably would prefer not to allow such permissions. As privacy advocates committed to serving our community, the team made it our highest priority to address this issue.

Effective immediately our extension will no longer request access to browser tabs for existing and new users. See version update here: https://addons.vaultpit.io/en-US/firefox/addon/startpage-privacy-search-engin/versions/

We appreciate all feedback and ask that you continue to openly communicate with us. Please feel free to reach out directly by email at [email protected], by Twitter @StartpageSearch, or on product review sites. We review these daily and look forward to hearing from you. 

First Review Reply 10/06/2019
We hear you, appreciate your review, and understand your concern. We’re actively pursuing other options to grab to grab the success page url without needing access to tabs.As a privacy focused company we believe in users’ choice; especially when it comes to privacy permissions. One other way to continue to search in private with Startpage without granting permission to your tab data is by using the extension from our website to set Startpage as your default search engine in Firefox. Below are straight-forward steps on how to do that. Trust is earned and we will continue to try to build back our trust with you. Please contact us at [email protected] if you would like more information and/or to communicate directly with us.

Firefox Browser Default Search Engine Settings: https://support.startpage.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/199/0/how-do-i-add-startpagecom-to-firefox-as-a-default-search-engine

10/10/2019
IMPORTANT UPDATE ON PERMISSION REQUEST REMOVAL
Over the last few days, Startpage has received valuable feedback regarding our recent extension update and valid concerns around our request to view browser tabs. We realize that users understandably would prefer not to allow such permissions. As privacy advocates committed to serving our community, the team made it our highest priority to address this issue.

Effective immediately our extension will no longer request access to browser tabs for existing and new users. See version update here: https://addons.vaultpit.io/en-US/firefox/addon/startpage-privacy-search-engin/versions/

We appreciate all feedback and ask that you continue to openly communicate with us. Please feel free to reach out directly by email at [email protected], by Twitter @StartpageSearch, or on product review sites. We review these daily and look forward to hearing from you. 

First Review Reply 10/06/2019
Your opinion and feedback are important to us. We do our best balancing ease of use for new users and maintaining legacy functionality for our current users. We understand your decision regarding the extension. One simple solution to continue to search in private with Startpage is to manually set it as your default search engine in Firefox (instructions below). Moreover, we’d like to apologize for not alerting you before the change. We’re sorry and have learned an important lesson. Please feel free to share more at [email protected].

Firefox Browser Default Search Engine Settings: https://support.startpage.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/199/0/how-do-i-add-startpagecom-to-firefox-as-a-default-search-engine

10/10/2019
IMPORTANT UPDATE ON PERMISSION REQUEST REMOVAL
Over the last few days, Startpage has received valuable feedback regarding our recent extension update and valid concerns around our request to view browser tabs. We realize that users understandably would prefer not to allow such permissions. As privacy advocates committed to serving our community, the team made it our highest priority to address this issue.

Effective immediately our extension will no longer request access to browser tabs for existing and new users. See version update here: https://addons.vaultpit.io/en-US/firefox/addon/startpage-privacy-search-engin/versions/

We appreciate all feedback and ask that you continue to openly communicate with us. Please feel free to reach out directly by email at [email protected], by Twitter @StartpageSearch, or on product review sites. We review these daily and look forward to hearing from you. 

First Review Reply 10/06/2019
We appreciate your feedback. It has made an impact and we are actively pursuing other options to grab that URL without needing access to tabs. We’re sorry that we did not do more to alert new extension users beforehand. If you change your mind, you can continue to search in private with Startpage without granting permission to your tab data is by using the extension from our website using the URL below.

Firefox Browser Default Search Engine Settings: https://support.startpage.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/199/0/how-do-i-add-startpagecom-to-firefox-as-a-default-search-engine

10/10/2019
IMPORTANT UPDATE ON PERMISSION REQUEST REMOVAL
Over the last few days, Startpage has received valuable feedback regarding our recent extension update and valid concerns around our request to view browser tabs. We realize that users understandably would prefer not to allow such permissions. As privacy advocates committed to serving our community, the team made it our highest priority to address this issue.

Effective immediately our extension will no longer request access to browser tabs for existing and new users. See version update here: https://addons.vaultpit.io/en-US/firefox/addon/startpage-privacy-search-engin/versions/

We appreciate all feedback and ask that you continue to openly communicate with us. Please feel free to reach out directly by email at [email protected], by Twitter @StartpageSearch, or on product review sites. We review these daily and look forward to hearing from you. 

First Review Reply 10/06/2019
Thank you for using Startpage. The request to view tabs is only applicable in the initial install process, in order to pass a marketing page URL from add.startpage.com to confirm a successful installation. However, to enable that feature, we had to request users allow access to the tabs. Once install is complete, we NEVER look at your tabs, so we are actively pursuing other options to grab that URL without needing access to tabs.

10/10/2019
IMPORTANT UPDATE ON PERMISSION REQUEST REMOVAL
Over the last few days, Startpage has received valuable feedback regarding our recent extension update and valid concerns around our request to view browser tabs. We realize that users understandably would prefer not to allow such permissions. As privacy advocates committed to serving our community, the team made it our highest priority to address this issue.

Effective immediately our extension will no longer request access to browser tabs for existing and new users. See version update here: https://addons.vaultpit.io/en-US/firefox/addon/startpage-privacy-search-engin/versions/

We appreciate all feedback and ask that you continue to openly communicate with us. Please feel free to reach out directly by email at [email protected], by Twitter @StartpageSearch, or on product review sites. We review these daily and look forward to hearing from you. 

First Review Reply 10/06/2019
Thank you for using Startpage. The request to view tabs is only applicable in the initial install process, in order to pass a marketing page URL from add.startpage.com to confirm a successful installation. However, to enable that feature, we had to request users allow access to the tabs. Once install is complete, we NEVER look at your tabs, so we are actively pursuing other options to grab that URL without needing access to tabs.

10/10/2019
IMPORTANT UPDATE ON PERMISSION REQUEST REMOVAL
Over the last few days, Startpage has received valuable feedback regarding our recent extension update and valid concerns around our request to view browser tabs. We realize that users understandably would prefer not to allow such permissions. As privacy advocates committed to serving our community, the team made it our highest priority to address this issue.

Effective immediately our extension will no longer request access to browser tabs for existing and new users. See version update here: https://addons.vaultpit.io/en-US/firefox/addon/startpage-privacy-search-engin/versions/

We appreciate all feedback and ask that you continue to openly communicate with us. Please feel free to reach out directly by email at [email protected], by Twitter @StartpageSearch, or on product review sites. We review these daily and look forward to hearing from you. 

First Review Reply 10/06/2019
Thank you for using Startpage. The request to view tabs is only applicable in the initial install process, in order to pass a marketing page URL from add.startpage.com to confirm a successful installation. However, to enable that feature, we had to request users allow access to the tabs. Once install is complete, we NEVER look at your tabs, so we are actively pursuing other options to grab that URL without needing access to tabs.

IMPORTANT UPDATE ON PERMISSION REQUEST REMOVAL
Over the last few days, Startpage has received valuable feedback regarding our recent extension update and valid concerns around our request to view browser tabs. We realize that users understandably would prefer not to allow such permissions. As privacy advocates committed to serving our community, the team made it our highest priority to address this issue.

Effective immediately our extension will no longer request access to browser tabs for existing and new users. See version update here: https://addons.vaultpit.io/en-US/firefox/addon/startpage-privacy-search-engin/versions/

We appreciate all feedback and ask that you continue to openly communicate with us. Please feel free to reach out directly by email at [email protected], by Twitter @StartpageSearch, or on product review sites. We review these daily and look forward to hearing from you.

Thank you for using Startpage. The request to view tabs is only applicable in the initial install process, in order to pass a marketing page URL from add.startpage.com to confirm a successful installation. However, to enable that feature, we had to request users allow access to the tabs. Once install is complete, we NEVER look at your tabs, so we are actively pursuing other options to grab that URL without needing access to tabs.