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Privacy Policy

Effective date: January 1, 2025  ·  Last updated: March 2025

1. Overview

ScholarGrab ("we", "our", "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your rights regarding your data.

2. Information We Collect

We collect the minimum information necessary to operate the Software and process your license:

  • License activation: When you activate a license key, we record your machine ID, activation date, and license plan. No personally identifiable information is required.
  • Purchase information: If you purchase a license through our store, the payment processor collects your email address and payment details. We do not store payment card data.
  • Usage data: The Software does not transmit usage statistics, search queries, or downloaded paper metadata to our servers.

3. How We Use Your Information

  • To validate and manage your software license.
  • To send your license key and purchase confirmation to your email.
  • To respond to support requests you initiate.

We do not sell, rent, or share your personal information with third parties for marketing purposes.

4. Third-Party Services

ScholarGrab uses the following third-party APIs to retrieve paper metadata and PDFs: Unpaywall, CORE, arXiv, PubMed Central, Europe PMC, Semantic Scholar, CrossRef, DOAJ, OA Button. Your email address (if provided in Settings) may be sent to the Unpaywall API as required by their terms of use. Please review Unpaywall's Privacy Policy for details.

5. Data Retention

License activation records are retained for the duration of the license period plus 90 days. Purchase records are retained as required by applicable law (typically 7 years for financial records).

6. Security

We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your information. License validation is performed over HTTPS. We do not store sensitive personal data beyond what is necessary.

7. Your Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the right to access, correct, or delete personal data we hold about you. To exercise these rights, contact us at support@scholargrab.shop.

8. Children's Privacy

ScholarGrab is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify users of significant changes by updating the effective date above.

10. Contact

For privacy-related inquiries, contact us at support@scholargrab.shop.

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