Privacy Policy

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data that can be used to personally identify you. For detailed information on data protection, please refer to our privacy policy listed below this text.

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the "Information about the Responsible Party" section.

Your data is collected when you provide it to us (e.g., in a form). Other data is automatically collected or collected with your consent when you visit the website through our IT systems (e.g., browser, operating system, time of page access).

To provide error-free website functionality and to analyze user behavior.

Information, correction, deletion, revocation of given consent, restriction of processing, and the right to complain to the supervisory authority.

We host the content of our website with the following provider: Fly.io. When you visit our website, Fly.io collects various log files including your IP address. The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest in reliable presentation). With consent additionally Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 Para. 1 TTDSG (e.g., cookies/device fingerprinting). Consent can be revoked at any time.

We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with legal data protection regulations and this privacy policy. Complete protection of data on the Internet is not possible.

Provider of this website: Acadeo GmbH
Managing Directors: Dr.-Ing. Jonathan Schulte, Julian Schulte
Address: Rathausstraße 43, 57537 Wissen, Germany
Email: info@citationchecker.ai

The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data.

Unless a more specific storage period is mentioned, data remains with us until the purpose ceases to exist or you revoke your consent. Legal retention periods remain unaffected.

• Right to Information: You have the right to receive information about your stored personal data at any time.
• Right to Correction: You have the right to correct inaccurate personal data.
• Right to Deletion: You have the right to request deletion of your personal data.
• Right to Restriction: You have the right to request restriction of processing under certain circumstances.
• Right to Data Portability: You have the right to receive data in a common, machine-readable format.
• Right to Object: You can object to processing based on legitimate interests (Art. 21 GDPR).
• Right to Complain: You have the right to complain to the competent supervisory authority.

This site uses SSL/TLS encryption. You can recognize this by the "https://" and the lock symbol in your browser. Transmitted data cannot be read by third parties.

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small data packets that do not cause damage to your device. They are stored either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies). Session cookies are automatically deleted after your visit ends. Permanent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or automatic deletion by your web browser occurs.

Necessary cookies are stored based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing necessary cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services.

When you send us inquiries via contact form, your information including contact details will be stored with us for processing the inquiry and for follow-up questions. We do not share this data without your consent. Legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR (contract-related), otherwise our legitimate interest in effective processing (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) or your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR).

When contacting us via email/phone/fax, we process your information (e.g., name, inquiry) to handle your request. Legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR (contract-related) or Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest) or your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a).

We use Google Analytics (Google Ireland Limited) to analyze user behavior. This includes page views, dwell time, systems, and origin; mouse/scroll interactions and ML-based modeling may be used. Legal basis: Your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR, § 25 Para. 1 TTDSG); revocable. Transfers to the USA may be based on standard contractual clauses.

IP Anonymization: We have activated IP anonymization; the IP is shortened within the EU/EEA. Only in exceptional cases is shortening done in the USA. No merging with other Google data occurs.

We process customer/contract data to establish and perform contractual relationships (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR). Deletion after purpose ceases and expiration of legal retention periods.

For payments, payment service providers process your payment data. Legal bases: Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b (contract) and Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f (secure payment process); with consent Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR. The terms of the respective providers apply.

• Stripe: We use Stripe for payment processing. Your payment information is processed securely and we do not store credit card details.
• PayPal: Available as payment option with their privacy policy applying.

Uploaded Documents: PDF documents uploaded for citation analysis are processed using AI technology and automatically deleted within 24 hours after processing. We do not permanently store your academic work.

Analysis Results: Citation analysis results are sent to your provided email address and then deleted from our servers. Legal basis: Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR (contract fulfillment).

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us:

• Email: info@citationchecker.ai
• Address: Acadeo GmbH, Rathausstraße 43, 57537 Wissen, Germany