We also save searches, but again, not in a personally identifiable way,
as we do not store IP addresses or unique User agent strings. We use
aggregate, non-personal search data to improve things like misspellings.
The statements you mentioned are false. Someone better go tell startpage.com
Come on. You're using DuckDuckGo's search engine to partially power your results and you didn't even bother to read their privacy policy before writing your own? Ridiculous.