01. Who we are
SciVX Publishing is responsible for the personal information described in this notice. For privacy questions or requests, contact info@scivx.com.
This notice covers SciVX services. Journals, publishers, repositories and other websites that you visit through external links have their own privacy practices.
02. Information we use
- Account information: your email address, name, password hash, verification status and any institution or biography you choose to add. Email verification codes and related security records support registration, sign-in and password recovery.
- Your research workspace: papers you save, collections, notes, tags, saved searches, alerts and full-text documents you import. These records are associated with your account or guest session.
- Requests and technical information: search and AI requests, session identifiers, service usage and error records. Network requests include an IP address and browser information; abuse controls may retain an IP-derived hash. AI usage records can include the model, request type, token usage, account identifier and time.
- Correspondence: information you provide when contacting us or participating in publishing and editorial services.
- Public research metadata: author names, affiliations, article titles and related bibliographic information obtained from publishers, Crossref, OpenAlex and other cited sources. Contact us about inaccurate personal information in these records.
We obtain information directly from you, from your use of the service and from the public research sources identified above. Please do not include sensitive personal information in research notes, uploads or AI questions unless it is necessary and you are entitled to provide it.
03. Purposes & legal grounds
We use account and workspace information to provide the services you request, authenticate access, maintain your research workspace and communicate about your account. Where EU or UK data protection law applies, this processing is necessary to perform our service relationship or take steps at your request.
We use technical and security information to keep the service reliable, prevent abuse and investigate problems. Where applicable, our legal ground is our legitimate interest in operating and protecting SciVX, balanced against your rights. We may also process information to meet legal obligations and handle legal claims.
Optional browser storage relies on your consent. You may refuse or withdraw it without losing browsing, search or account access. A privacy choice does not subscribe you to marketing or authorize unrelated uses of your information.
04. AI-assisted research
When you request an AI feature, your question and the material needed to answer it can be sent to the AI service configured by SciVX. Depending on the feature and the sources you select, this can include article metadata, abstracts, relevant passages from uploaded full text, or a manuscript title and abstract.
AI responses may be cached to serve repeat requests, and operational usage records support service limits and diagnostics. Model providers process submitted content under their applicable service terms and data handling arrangements. Contact us for information about the provider currently used before sending confidential material.
Cookie consent does not authorize an AI request. You choose when to use these features. AI output is research assistance and may contain errors; it does not make decisions about your legal rights or access to essential services.
07. Retention & security
The table above specifies browser storage durations. Verification codes expire after 10 minutes. Account and workspace records have a separate lifecycle: they are retained to operate your account and preserve the research you save, until you delete supported items or request deletion, subject to applicable legal and security needs. Expiry of a session cookie does not delete server records.
Retention of correspondence, security records and operational AI records depends on their purpose, the time needed to resolve support or abuse issues, and applicable legal requirements. We use these criteria to assess deletion requests and any necessary exceptions. Contact us for the retention details relevant to a particular record.
We use measures including password hashing, access controls and session protections. No online service can promise absolute security. Protect your password and verification codes, and report suspected unauthorized access to our contact address.
08. Your privacy rights
Your rights depend on where you live and which laws apply. Contact info@scivx.com to ask about your information or exercise an applicable right.
- EU, EEA and UK: you may request access, correction, deletion, restriction or portability of personal data, object to processing based on legitimate interests, and withdraw consent at any time. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of earlier processing. You may complain to your local data protection authority.
- United States, including California: applicable rights may include knowing and accessing the categories and specific information collected, obtaining a copy, correcting inaccuracies, requesting deletion, and opting out of sale, sharing for targeted advertising or certain profiling. Where provided by law, you may limit certain uses of sensitive information or appeal a decision about a privacy request.
- Sale and targeted advertising: we do not sell or share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising and do not use it for targeted advertising. No additional opt-out action is needed for these activities. We recognize GPC as described above.
- Fair treatment: we do not deny service or discriminate against you for exercising an applicable privacy right. Rejecting optional storage does not restrict core service access.
Describe your request and the account or records involved. We may need to verify your identity or an authorized agent’s authority, using information proportionate to the request. Do not send passwords or verification codes. We will respond within the applicable legal period and explain any lawful exception or refusal. To appeal where available, email the same address with “Privacy appeal” in the subject.
09. Contact & updates
Privacy contact: info@scivx.com
Operator: SciVX Publishing.
We may update this notice as services or legal requirements change. The effective date appears at the top. If a change requires new permission for optional storage, we will request it before enabling that use.