Privacy Policy

Last updated: January 2026

📋 The Short Version

We're a search engine built on ethics, and that includes how we treat your data. We collect almost nothing, track almost nothing, and sell absolutely nothing.

📥 What We Collect

When you search:

  • Your search queries (to show you results)
  • We may log anonymized search terms to improve our index — never tied to you personally

When you use Internet Points:

  • A random session ID stored in your browser (cookie)
  • Your point total and completed quests
  • This stays on your device unless you opt into a future leaderboard

When you give feedback:

  • Which results you marked "helpful" or "not helpful"
  • Linked to your anonymous session, not your identity

🚫 What We Don't Collect

  • ✗ Your name, email, or any personal information
  • ✗ Your location (we don't do location-based results)
  • ✗ Your browsing history outside of NotHere.one
  • ✗ Anything we could sell to advertisers (we don't have advertisers)

🍪 Cookies

We use one cookie: your anonymous session ID for Internet Points. That's it.

  • ✗ No third-party tracking cookies
  • ✗ No analytics surveillance
  • ✗ No fingerprinting

🔍 Our Filtering (Transparency)

NotHere.one filters search results based on ethical criteria. We believe you have a right to know how:

🛡️ We Exclude

  • Content from SPLC-designated hate groups
  • Misinformation and conspiracy content
  • Adult content
  • Gambling sites
  • Predatory lending
  • MLM schemes

✊ We Boost

  • Minority-owned businesses
  • Women-owned businesses
  • Veteran-owned businesses
  • LGBTQ+-owned businesses
  • Disability-owned businesses
  • B-Corp certified companies

We also flag content that conflicts with scientific consensus — and reward you with Internet Points for engaging with the facts!

🔮 Future Accounts

We may offer optional accounts in the future for features like saved searches or leaderboard rankings. If we do:

  • We'll update this policy
  • We'll never require more information than necessary
  • Accounts will always be optional

📬 Questions?

If you have questions about this privacy policy or how we handle data, reach out to us. We're real people who care about doing this right.

Contact: privacy@nothere.one

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