Privacy Policy

Updated 2^nd February 20225^th November 2026. (view archived versions)

This privacy policy byexplains how Mojeek Limited,Limited explains("Mojeek", "we", "us") handles personal data. It covers cookies, logging, our stanceSearch onAPI, personalcontact and account information, in regard to cookies, tracking, logging, data usage, contact information and any links to third parties.

Mojeek follows a strict no trackingno-tracking privacy policy, and it's quite simple,simple: we don't track our users. In fact, Mojeek was the first ever nono-tracking, tracking/privacy orientatedprivacy-oriented search engine, as can be seen on archive.org and in our original privacy policy from when Mojeek was just a side project.

Who we are

Mojeek Limited is the controller of the personal data described in this policy, except where we say otherwise.

• Company: registered in England under 06918197.
• Registered address: 74 High Street, Croydon, CR9 2UU.
• Privacy questions: privacy@mojeek.com, or use any of the methods on our Contact page.

Cookie Policypolicy

By default and unless specifically agreed to, Mojeek doesn't place any cookies on your computer. If Mojeek does require to place a cookie, your agreement will be requested, for example when setting personal preferences. Also at any time, visiting this page will list what cookies Mojeek has on your computer, their contents, and an explanation of their values. From that page you can also instruct Mojeek to delete any cookie we have placed.

By default, and unless you specifically agree, Mojeek doesn't place any cookies on your computer.

If Mojeek needs to place a cookie, we will ask for your agreement first, for example when you set personal preferences.

At any time, visiting our cookie page will list the cookies Mojeek has placed on your computer, their contents and an explanation of their values. From that page you can also tell Mojeek to delete any cookie we have placed.

TrackingSearching andon Logging Policymojeek.com

Mojeek doesn't implement any kind of specific user tracking, whether that be at the time of visit or subsequently via standard logs, which Mojeek does keep indefinitely. These logs contain the time of visit, page requested, possibly referral data, and located in a separate log browser information. IP addresses are not recorded, instead the IP address is replaced with a simple two letter code indicating the visitors country of origin. By doing this, Mojeek removes any possibility of tracking or identifying any particular user. We use a URL parameter to monitor if a campaign landing page visit results in a Mojeek search request. This parameter is visible in the URL and is not used after the first search.

We do not record IP addresses. When you visit Mojeek, the IP address is replaced with a two-letter code showing your country. We don't use any identifiers, fingerprinting or profiles, so we have no way of linking searches to each other or to you.

Our standard server logs contain the time of the visit, the page requested and possibly referral data. Browser information is kept in a separate log.

The page requested includes the search terms. Search terms are free text, and occasionally people type their own or someone else's name or other personal details into them. We therefore treat search terms carefully:

• Logs are deleted after 90 days.
• Before deletion, we may compile aggregate statistics from them, such as traffic volumes, the countries our visitors come from and how often terms are searched. A search term is kept in those statistics only if it was searched at least 20 times, so rare searches, which are the ones most likely to contain personal details, are never kept beyond 90 days.
• We use these aggregate statistics to improve our results, including to test and train our search systems. They are used only within Mojeek and are never shared.

Campaign landing pages use a URL parameter to tell us whether a visit results in a Mojeek search. The parameter is visible in the URL and is not used after the first search.

Lawful basis: legitimate interests in running, securing and improving a search engine. Because no identifiers are kept, the impact on you is minimal.

Sharing: we never sell or distribute this data to any third party.

Data Usage

The remaining log data (country, time/date, page requested, referral data, and in a separate log browser data), which although now contains no identifiable data, would still in no situation whatsoever be sold or distributed to any third party vendors. This data is kept private for the sole purpose of storing historical traffic volumes and country demographics of our visitors. We may also use aggregate, non-personal search data to improve our results.

Advertising

Some ads on Mojeek are provided by adMarketplace. To select a relevant ad, our servers send adMarketplace your search terms and a two-letter country code only. The request comes from Mojeek's servers, not your browser, so adMarketplace sees only Mojeek's IP address. We never send your IP address, cookies or any identifier, so adMarketplace cannot link the search to you. adMarketplace handles the search terms under its own privacy policy.

Mojeek Search API customers

When a business uses our Search API, there are two different roles.

Search queries sent through the API. We process these on behalf of our customer, as their processor, under our Data Processing Agreement. We use them only to return results and, unless the customer has chosen zero data retention, keep them for up to 90 days solely to fix faults. We never use them for our own purposes, including testing or training our search systems. If you used a service built on our API, the company running that service is responsible for your data. Please contact it first.

API account information. For our API customers and their staff, we are the controller of:

• name, email address and company details;
• account ID and API usage records;
• billing information;
• service updates: and
• support correspondence.

We use this information to:

• run the account and provide the service (lawful basis: contract);
• invoice and keep tax records (lawful basis: legal obligation); and
• protect the service from abuse (lawful basis: legitimate interests).

Payments are handled by Stripe, which acts as an independent controller under its own privacy policy. We don't receive or store full card details.

ContactContacting Informationus and the Mojeek community

We only use your name and email address foronly theto purpose of respondingrespond to contact requests that you have mademake through our Contact page,Contact page, or for communications regardingabout your registration with the Mojeek community. We do not use these details for any other purpose. Furthermore, under GDPR, we respect that if you request and no longer give consent to us possessing your name and email address for contact reason, we will delete this data.

Lawful basis: legitimate interests in responding to you, or our agreement with you as a community member.

How long we keep data

Data	Retention
Website logs	90 days (aggregate statistics kept)
Contact and support emails	2 years after the last message, unless you ask us to delete them sooner
Community registration	Until you close your registration
API account data	For the life of the account, plus 12 months after it closes
Invoices and tax records	6 years, as UK law requires
API search queries	Up to 90 days, or not at all under zero data retention (see above)

Service providers

We pride ourselves on limiting the number of third-party products and services Mojeek consumes. We do not outsource any development of Mojeek; all development is kept in-house. Search requests are handled only on our own servers in the UK.

We use a small number of providers for business functions:

• Fastmail for support and general email;
• Mailgun for account and sign-up emails;
• Stripe for payments (as an independent controller; see above); and
• adMarketplace for some ads (search terms only; see Advertising).

Some of these providers process data outside the UK, including in the United States. Where they do, we rely on UK adequacy regulations (including the UK–US data bridge for certified US companies) or the UK International Data Transfer Agreement or Addendum.

Your rights

You have the right to:

• access the personal data we hold about you;
• have it corrected or deleted;
• object to or restrict its use; and
• receive a copy in a portable form.

To use any of these rights, contact us at privacy@mojeek.com.

For searches on mojeek.com, we usually can't find data relating to you, because we don't keep anything that identifies you. If you're unhappy with how we've handled your data, please tell us first. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office.

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Third Parties

We do not outsource any development of Mojeek to third parties; all development is kept in-house. We pride ourselves on limiting the number of third party products and services that Mojeek consumes.

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