Privacy Policy for ResearchWize

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 Chrome Extension (“Extension”).

Information We Collect

Personal Information: We do not collect any personal information that can directly identify 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 other research content) may be processed locally or securely transmitted to our servers for processing.


How We Use Your Information

Provide Services: To generate summaries, citations, research outlines, and other academic content you request.
Improve Our Extension: To analyze usage patterns and improve the Extension’s 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’s GPT 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.


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:
Email: admin@researchwize.com