Publish.fun privacy & data

we act as a processor on that author's behalf and at their direction

Email address — used for passwordless, "magic-link" sign-in and for service-related communications.

your ORCID iD ; the name ORCID returns for that iD

Email address — used for passwordless, "magic-link" sign-in and for service-related communications.

the report (its category, statement, claims, quoted passages and links)

standard server logs, including IP address , timestamps , and request metadata (such as the endpoint accessed and user-agent)

derived data (such as search queries generated from your paper and abuse/security signals)

operate the review pipeline — process your submission, run the automated AI editor and reviewer panel, perform web-search-grounded fact-checking and novelty/prior-art checks, reach editorial decisions, and handle revisions

authenticate you and maintain your session, including sending magic-link sign-in emails and verifying your ORCID identity

maintain security and prevent abuse — including enforcing rate limits, detecting and preventing fraud, misuse, scraping beyond our public interfaces, and attacks on the Service or the AI pipeline

Published papers, their figures and original source, and their review/decision history are retained permanently as part of the scholarly record.

a report and its link to the reporter's account are deleted twelve months after its case closes (or after the report was refused or dismissed)

retained for a limited period appropriate to security, abuse-prevention, and debugging, then deleted or aggregated

operate and store data on infrastructure that may be located in countries other than yours, including the United States

Where required, we rely on appropriate safeguards for such transfers.

request deletion of your account and associated personal information

access and review the account and submission information associated with your account

correct or update your account details and, before publication, your submission metadata

request deletion of your account and associated personal information

object to or restrict certain processing, to data portability , and to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority

We do not sell your personal information.