Privacy Policy

Last updated: 2026-11-12

What we collect

When you use “Ask the data”, Google sign-in gives us your email address, display name and avatar URL. We do not request contacts, calendar, drive or any other Google data.

Why

Identify the account and prevent API abuse
Count questions per account (we do not store question–answer pairs linked to you)

Retention

Account data is kept until you ask us to delete it. Question counters are kept for 90 days.

Cookies

After sign-in we set a single signed cookie (j123_session) to keep you signed in for 30 days. No advertising or third-party tracking cookies.

Sharing

We do not sell or share your account information. Queries run locally on our server.

Your rights

You can sign out at any time, or email us to delete your account record.

Data sources

Journal data comes from OpenAlex (CC0) and DOAJ (CC0) and is kept separate from account data.