@charlag How about https://www.qwant.com (France), https://metager.de (Germany), or https://yandex.com (Russia)
So much choice, and nobody knows or cares. (The same for operating systems.)
@charlag Who knows who is really trustworthy. They can tell you anything. DuckDuckGo is from USA. So AFAIK they are required by law to cooperate with their agencies on request, and may not talk about it (NSL).
@akf why choose being spied by others rather than not being spied by?