Privacy Policy

1. Who we are

OpenRLens (openrlens.com) is an independent research intelligence platform. We aggregate open scholarly metadata to help students, researchers, and institutions evaluate research quality. We are not affiliated with any university or government body.

2. Data we collect

• Account data — name and email address when you create an account via Clerk (email or OAuth). We store only what is needed to manage your subscription and saved analyses.
• Usage data — pages visited, searches run, and features used. IP addresses are one-way hashed with a server salt and never stored in raw form.
• Payment data — handled entirely by Stripe (international) or Razorpay (India). We never receive or store card numbers or UPI credentials.
• Cookies — essential session cookies from Clerk for authentication. See Section 4 for advertising cookies.

3. How we use your data

• To provide, maintain, and improve the platform
• To manage your subscription and enforce plan access
• To send transactional emails (plan confirmation, trial expiry)
• To understand aggregate usage patterns (no individual profiling)

4. Third-party services

• Clerk — authentication and user management
• Stripe — international payments
• Razorpay — India payments
• Resend — transactional email delivery
• Turso / Upstash — database and caching infrastructure

We do not sell your data to any third party.

5. Data retention

Account data is retained as long as your account is active. You may request deletion at any time by emailing info@openrlens.com. Hashed analytics data is retained for up to 12 months.

6. Your rights

Depending on your jurisdiction you may have rights to access, correct, or delete personal data we hold about you. Contact us at info@openrlens.com with any request.

7. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. Material changes will be communicated via email to registered users. Continued use of the platform after changes constitutes acceptance.