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Ecosia
Search engine from Germany that funds conservation
GermanyEUFree plan♻EU controlledHigh non-EU dependencyOperational dependency warning
Relies heavily on non-European providers
Current public evidence shows 4 non-European infrastructure or email dependencies across 3 providers: Cloudflare, Google, Microsoft. The reviewed operational path is therefore not entirely European.
Ecosia is a search engine from Germany built around sustainability. The company donates 80 percent of the surplus revenue it earns from advertising to conservation projects, and its servers are run CO2 neutral.
Results currently come from Microsoft Bing, Google or Staan, the European index that Ecosia is building with Qwant. The provider can vary by location, device, consent and individual query, so choosing a European interface does not mean every query uses a European index.
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Data and operations
Infrastructure and email path
Verified operational dependencies, shown separately from ownership and from the service's core data hosting.
Public website
Cloudflare
Non-European provider- Observed
- A 172.64.150.71, 104.18.37.185 · CNAME www.ecosia.org.cdn.cloudflare.net · AS13335
Why this matters
Public DNS routes website visits through Cloudflare. Visitor IP addresses and request metadata can reach this non-European provider; this does not identify the core service's data location.
Incoming business email
Google Workspace
Non-European provider- Observed
- MX 10 aspmx.l.google.com · 20 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com · 30 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com · 40 aspmx2.googlemail.com · 50 aspmx3.googlemail.com
- Evidence
- Current daily MX lookup ↗
Why this matters
Published MX records route incoming business email through Google Workspace. Correspondent details and message content can therefore enter this non-European provider's systems; MX does not reveal the configured storage region.
Search result source
Microsoft Bing
Non-European provider- Observed
- Ecosia says Bing can supply results depending on location, device, consent and query
- Evidence
- Ecosia search result providers ↗
Why this matters
Microsoft Bing can supply search results for some queries. Search terms and the technical data needed to return results can therefore reach this non-European provider; the cited disclosure explains when that route is used.
Search result source
Google Search
Non-European provider- Observed
- Ecosia says Google can supply results depending on location, device, consent and query
- Evidence
- Ecosia search result providers ↗
Why this matters
Google Search can supply search results for some queries. Search terms and the technical data needed to return results can therefore reach this non-European provider; the cited disclosure explains when that route is used.
Search result source
Staan / European Search Perspective
European provider- Location
- Europe
- Observed
- Ecosia and Qwant co-develop Staan, currently one source in Ecosia's provider mix
- Evidence
- Ecosia European index launch ↗
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