{"id":5025,"date":"2026-01-20T14:22:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T12:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.savelan.fi\/?p=5025"},"modified":"2026-01-20T14:53:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T12:53:51","slug":"yksityisempi-tapa-hakea-tietoa-verkossa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.savelan.fi\/en\/yksityisempi-tapa-hakea-tietoa-verkossa\/","title":{"rendered":"A More Private Way to Search for Information Online"},"content":{"rendered":"
Have you ever noticed that after you search for something ordinary on Google \u2014 say, a new fridge \u2014 you suddenly start seeing ads for it everywhere online? That\u2019s no coincidence. It happens because your searches and browsing habits are tracked and used for targeted advertising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most free online services are funded by collecting user data, and search engines are often the very first place where that tracking begins. That\u2019s why the search engine you choose matters \u2014 not only for privacy, but for your overall security as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is, however, another way to use a search engine \u2014 and one compelling alternative is Startpage<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Startpage \u2014 Google results without the tracking<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Startpage.com is a search engine based in The Hague, Netherlands, built around a simple principle: privacy first. It operates fully under EU data-protection standards (GDPR) and offers users high-quality search results without tracking their online behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Startpage uses Google\u2019s search results but strips out all tracking elements in the process. Your IP address isn\u2019t attached to your queries, no search history is stored, and no user profiles are created. The service also doesn\u2019t sell search data to advertisers or any third parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What does this mean for you as a user?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
In practice, this means your searches remain genuinely private. Startpage doesn\u2019t store your search history or share any related data with advertisers or other third parties. And without a user profile to build on, targeted advertising becomes far more difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
You\u2019ll notice the difference almost immediately: ads no longer follow you around based on past searches, and your browsing experience feels calmer, cleaner, and far less intrusive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anonymous View \u2014 a more private way to open web pages<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Startpage\u2019s privacy-first approach goes beyond just search. The service also includes Anonymous View<\/strong> \u2014 a feature that lets you open search results anonymously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
When you open a website through Anonymous View, it doesn\u2019t load directly in your browser. Instead, the page is fetched through Startpage\u2019s proxy server. This prevents the destination site from seeing your IP address, browser details, or any other identifiable technical information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the same time, many tracking and analytics scripts are automatically blocked. This provides extra privacy \u2014 especially when visiting sites you may not fully trust or when you want to minimize your digital footprint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An Easy Step Toward More Private Online Browsing<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Getting started with Startpage is simple and requires no technical expertise. You can use the service directly in your browser at startpage.com or set it as your default search engine. No registration is required, and it works across all major browsers and devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Online privacy is often seen as a separate topic, but in reality it\u2019s a fundamental part of cybersecurity. When data isn\u2019t collected in the first place, it can\u2019t be misused, leaked, or combined into broader user profiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Startpage doesn\u2019t promise to reinvent the internet, but it does offer a practical and easy way to reduce online tracking. And sometimes, it\u2019s the small changes \u2014 like switching your search engine \u2014 that make the biggest difference.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Oletko huomannut, ett\u00e4 heti kun etsit Googlella jotakin arkip\u00e4iv\u00e4ist\u00e4 \u2013 esimerkiksi j\u00e4\u00e4kaappia \u2013 alat n\u00e4hd\u00e4 siihen…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":5026,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uutiset"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":14,"label":"Uutiset"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/www.savelan.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Yksityinen-tapa-hakea-tietoa-verkossa-Save-LAN-kertoo-1024x683.webp",1024,683,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Lauri Jurvanen","author_link":"https:\/\/www.savelan.fi\/en\/author\/lauri-jurvanen\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":14,"name":"Uutiset","slug":"uutiset","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":14,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":5,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":14,"category_count":5,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Uutiset","category_nicename":"uutiset","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.savelan.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.savelan.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.savelan.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.savelan.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.savelan.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5025"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.savelan.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5028,"href":"https:\/\/www.savelan.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5025\/revisions\/5028"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.savelan.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.savelan.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.savelan.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.savelan.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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