Privacy Policy

Last Updated: August 2026

1. Introduction

Welcome to research-assistant. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, store, and protect your information when you use our application to search for and summarize academic research papers.

2. Data We Collect

To provide our summarization and search services, we collect:

• User Inputs: The raw data, search queries, and topics you submit to the application.
• Authentication Data: If you log in using Google OAuth, we receive your email address, basic profile information, and authentication tokens provided by Google.

3. How We Use Your Data

We use the collected information strictly for the following purposes:

• To route your raw data queries to our AI agents to search for the latest articles and research papers.
• To generate summaries and extract the gist of the academic papers requested.
• To authenticate your identity and provide secure access to the application.

4. Google User Data Policy

research-assistant complies strictly with Google's API Services User Data Policy. Our use of Google user data is limited to the practices disclosed in this Privacy Policy. Specifically:

• We do not sell your Google data or user queries to third parties.
• Google authentication tokens are handled securely and used solely for logging you into the service.

5. Third-Party AI Services

To summarize papers, your raw search queries and the contents of the retrieved academic papers are securely transmitted to third-party Large Language Model (LLM) providers (such as OpenAI or Anthropic). These third parties act as processors to generate the summaries and do not use your personal authentication data.

6. Data Retention and Security

We employ industry-standard encryption to protect your data in transit and at rest. Search queries and generated summaries are retained only as long as necessary to provide you with the application's functionality. You may request the deletion of your account and associated data at any time.

7. Contact Us

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or how your data is handled, please contact us at: contact@alkradstore.online