What it does
Ecosia provides web results through search partners and documents privacy choices and data retention. Its help page explains query and IP processing, partner sharing and consent for some result providers.
Ecosia shares search terms and IP addresses with search partners as needed to provide results, advertising and abuse protection. Its help page names Bing, Google and EUSP; the available route can depend on region and browser, and Google results require consent.
The same page gives different IP anonymization timetables: at most seven days inside Ecosia, six months for Microsoft, and nine months when Google results are enabled by consent. Those are Ecosia’s published descriptions of the respective processing, rather than evidence that every partner keeps the same records. Opening a result moves to the destination website’s own policy.
Strengths
- The official help distinguishes provider and partner data handling.
- Consent requirements for some search-provider choices are documented.
Watch out for
- Queries and IP addresses can be shared with search partners.
- Partners retain IP information on different timetables from Ecosia.
Best for
- People who want environmental search while making an informed choice about partner processing
Sources
- How Ecosia Protects Your Privacy - Ecosia Help Center (Oct 26, 2026)