Unless you use a private search engine, such as DuckDuckGo.com, your normal search engine likely has a copy of everything you’ve ever searched for and can use that information in any way they please without ever asking you for permission.

You might want to read the earlier articles in this blog at https://privacyblog.com/2017/10/24/stop-using-google-search-try-duckduckgo-and-qwant/ and https://privacyblog.com/2017/01/23/more-people-than-ever-are-using-duckduckgo/.

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