Privacy Policy

Last Updated: 31. January 2024

1. Introduction

​Welcome to PaperParrot! We are an AI-powered platform dedicated to delivering personalized weekly newsletters, providing a recap of the most relevant academic papers based on your interests. This privacy policy is designed to inform you about how we collect, use, store, and protect your personal information to deliver our services. Your privacy is of paramount importance to us, and we are committed to maintaining the confidentiality and security of your personal information.

​2. Information We Collect

​To provide you with our personalized newsletter service, we collect a range of information that helps us tailor our content to your specific interests and needs:

  • Email Address: Essential for sending you the weekly newsletters.

  • Areas of Interest: Helps us curate content that aligns with your preferences.

  • Academic or Professional Position: Information such as whether you are a PhD student, PostDoc, etc., which allows us to further personalize the content and offers in the newsletters.

  • Usage Data: Includes how you interact with our newsletters, such as which links you click on and newsletter open rates. This data is crucial for us to improve our services and understand user engagement better.

This information collectively enables us to enhance the relevance and value of the newsletters we deliver to you.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use your personal information for a broader range of purposes to enhance our service delivery and relevance to your interests:

  • Delivering Newsletters: We use your email address and areas of interest to send you personalized weekly newsletters that match your academic and professional interests.

  • Advertisement Integration: We may include sponsored content in our newsletters that we believe may be of interest to you. The selection of these advertisements is based on the aggregated data of our subscribers, such as academic or professional positions and areas of interest, to ensure the content's relevance.

  • Engagement Analytics: We analyze usage data, including newsletter open rates and click-through rates on both our content and advertisements, to understand and improve user engagement and content relevance.

By analyzing this information, we aim to continuously improve the quality and relevance of our newsletters and the advertisements contained within them, ensuring they meet the needs and interests of our diverse subscriber base.

4. Data Storage and Security

Your personal information is stored securely, and access is restricted to authorized personnel only. We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

5. Sharing of Personal Information

While we do not share your personal emails or direct identifiers, we may share aggregated statistical data with our advertisers to help them understand the demographics of our audience, such as the number of subscribers in various academic or professional positions. This information helps advertisers tailor their sponsored content in the newsletters, ensuring relevance to your interests and needs.

Additionally, please note that our newsletters may contain advertisements, and we may track metrics such as click-through rates and opening rates of these ads to assess and improve the effectiveness of the content provided to you.​

6. Your Rights and Choices

​You have the right to access, correct, or delete your personal information at any time. If you wish to unsubscribe from our newsletters, you can do so by clicking the 'unsubscribe' link at the bottom of any newsletter email, or by contacting us directly.

7. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the updated policy on our website.​

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy policy or our practices, please contact us at hello@paperparrot.ai.

9. Effective Date

This privacy policy is effective as of 31. January 2024.