Last updated: January 1, 2025
Introduction
ResearchWize ("we," "us," or "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you use our services, including the Chrome or Edge browser extensions (collectively, "Extension").
Information We Collect
- Personal Information: We do not collect any personal information that directly identifies you.
- Non-Personal Information: We may collect anonymized data such as device IDs for analytics and usage monitoring.
- User-Provided Data: Any text you input into the Extension (e.g., text to summarize or research content) may be processed locally or transmitted to our servers for processing, solely for providing the requested functionality.
How We Use Your Information
- Provide Services: To generate summaries, citations, outlines, quizzes, or other academic content based on your requests.
- Improve Our Extension: To analyze usage patterns and improve functionality, user experience, and performance.
- Feedback Handling: If you provide feedback, we may use it to enhance the Extension and address user concerns.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
- Third-Party Services: We may use trusted third-party APIs (e.g., OpenAI or other NLP models) to process your requests. Your data is transmitted securely and used solely for providing the requested services.
- Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to a valid request from a governmental authority.
Data Security
We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical security measures to protect your data from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.
Your Choices
- Data Deletion: You can delete your saved summaries and projects at any time through the Extension’s interface.
- Opt-Out: If you do not agree with our privacy practices, please uninstall the Extension or refrain from using our services.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted within the Extension under the "Privacy Policy" section, and the "Last Updated" date will be revised accordingly.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at admin@researchwize.com.