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Privacy Policy

Last updated: 2026

What we collect

Account data (email, password hash or social sign-in identifiers), the researcher profile you build (name, affiliation, research areas and interests, links), and the content you create in projects.

How it's used

To operate the platform: matching you with potential co-authors, delivering invitations and notifications, and showing your profile according to your visibility settings (Public, Members only, or Private).

Email

We send transactional email only — verification, password reset, invitations you or collaborators trigger, and claim links for passive profiles. You can disable non-essential notifications in Settings.

Third parties

Sign-in via Google and ORCID happens directly with those providers; we receive only your basic identity claims. Optional AI features send only the project text you submit to the configured AI provider.

Your choices

Edit or hide your profile anytime in Settings. Deleting your account removes your sign-in identity; your collaborative contributions remain with your teams, and your profile becomes a private unclaimed record.

Contact

Questions? Email [email protected].