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DuckDuckGo Raised $10M As Google Faces Privacy Concerns

Google found itself in President Trump’s timeline being . While the search giant denies those claims, Google has received more grounded criticism over how it handles user privacy and data. For , it represents yet another opportunity to convert users, and now it has a tidy amount of cash from investors to do so.

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One of the only private search alternatives to Google, the privacy-focused DuckDuckGo quietly raised $10 million from  last week, a Canadian pension fund that has invested .

According to there was little need for the company to raise more money. DuckDuckGo, which had a last known , has been profitable since 2014. However, the new funding could help DuckDuckGo expand its education-based campaigns concerning the privacy of search engines. The company has also developed a privacy app that , and it’s possible more privacy-focused applications are in the pipeline.

Still, $10 million is not a substantial amount of money when competing against Google. But for those looking for alternatives to Google, DuckDuckGo appears healthy and quite content with making alone.

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