Last updated October 19, 2026
Summary
- We know your email address, how many searches and PDF lookups you used this month, and which apps you connected.
- We do not see your conversations with Claude or ChatGPT. We receive only the tool calls the assistant sends, such as a search query.
- We never send your search text to our analytics. Search queries go to the scholarly databases without your identity.
- We do not sell or share personal information, and we do not use it for advertising.
- You can delete your account and data by emailing support@findresearch.site.
What we collect
| Data | Why | Where it lives |
|---|---|---|
| Email address and account ID | To sign you in with a one-time link and identify your account | Supabase (database and authentication) |
| Name and profile picture from Google, if you sign in with Google | Received with your email at sign-in; not used for anything else | Supabase |
| Connected apps | To show which AI assistants have access and let you revoke it | Supabase |
| Monthly usage counts | To apply your plan limits and show your usage | Supabase |
| Usage events (see Analytics) | To understand which features are used and to find errors | PostHog (United States) |
| Request logs: IP address, browser, time | Security, abuse prevention and debugging | Vercel (hosting) |
We do not ask for your name or documents, and we never see your card details. If you buy a paid plan, Polar processes the payment as our reseller (merchant of record): it collects your payment and billing details under its own privacy policy and tells us your plan, its status and renewal date, linked to your account ID.
Your searches
When your assistant calls a Find Research tool, our server receives the tool’s inputs: for a search, the query text and filters; for a lookup, a paper identifier. We use them only to answer that request.
- To answer, our server sends the query or identifier to OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar, Crossref, arXiv and Unpaywall. These requests come from our server and do not include your email or account ID.
- Search results are cached for up to 24 hours so that repeated searches are fast and we stay within the databases’ rate limits. A cache entry is stored under a hash of the search parameters and holds the parameters and the results. It is not linked to your account.
- We do not keep a history of what you searched for.
Your conversations are governed by your assistant provider’s privacy policy: Anthropic for Claude, OpenAI for ChatGPT. The assistant decides what it sends to the connector; we receive only the tool calls.
Analytics
We use PostHog, hosted in the United States, to measure how the product is used.
- Connector events record which tool was called, whether it worked, how long it took, how many results came back, which filters were used and the length of the query in characters and words. They never contain the query text, paper identifiers or tool results.
- Account events such as sign-up, sign-in, connecting an app and reaching a limit are linked to your account ID. Your email is attached to your analytics profile so we can answer support requests.
- Website analytics record page views on findresearch.site. PostHog sets a first-party cookie and local storage entry to tell visits apart. We do not use session recording, advertising pixels or cross-site tracking.
Service providers
These companies process data on our behalf, only to provide the service:
| Provider | Purpose | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Vercel | Website and connector hosting | United States and global edge network |
| Supabase | Database and sign-in | United States (us-east-1) |
| PostHog | Product analytics | United States |
| Resend | Sending sign-in emails | United States |
| Polar | Payments, tax and invoices for paid plans (merchant of record) | United States |
Scholarly databases (OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar, Crossref, arXiv, Unpaywall) receive search queries and paper identifiers from our server, without your identity.
Retention
- Account data and usage counts: while your account exists. Deleted within 30 days after you ask.
- Search cache: up to 24 hours.
- Analytics events: up to 12 months.
- Hosting logs: as kept by Vercel, typically days to weeks.
Your choices and rights
You can disconnect an AI assistant at any time from your account page or from the assistant itself. To get a copy of your data, correct it or delete your account, email support@findresearch.site from the address on your account. We reply within 30 days.
If you live in California or another US state with a privacy law, you have the right to know, access, correct and delete your personal information and to not be discriminated against for using these rights. We do not sell or share personal information as those laws define it. If you are in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, you have similar rights under the GDPR; we process your data to provide the service you asked for and, for analytics, on our legitimate interest in improving it.
Other terms
Find Research is not directed to children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect their data. We will post changes to this policy on this page and update the date above; for significant changes we will also email account holders. Questions: support@findresearch.site.