Privacy Policy

Last updated: 5/16/2025

At ScholarSearch, we take your privacy seriously. This Privacy Policy explains how we handle information when you use our service.

Information We Don't Collect

We believe in minimizing data collection. We do not:

• Collect personal information
• Track your search history
• Use cookies for tracking or profiling
• Store IP addresses
• Share any data with third parties
• Use analytics that track individual users

Information We Do Collect

We collect minimal information necessary to provide our service:

• Anonymous, aggregated usage statistics (total searches, not individual searches)
• Error logs (without personal identifiers) to improve our service

How We Use Your Search Queries

When you enter a search query:

• Your query is processed on our servers to enhance it with AI
• The enhanced query is sent to the Semantic Scholar API
• Results are returned to you
• Your original query is not stored or logged

Security Measures

We implement several security measures to protect our service:

• HTTPS encryption for all connections
• Content Security Policy (CSP) to prevent cross-site scripting attacks
• Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) restrictions
• Input sanitization to prevent injection attacks
• Regular security updates and audits