Legal

1. Nature of the Service

Incoming Science is a free, non-commercial academic service. It delivers personalised daily or weekly digests of scientific papers, ranked by AI according to each user's research profile. No subscription fee is charged.

2. Paper Data Sources

Paper metadata and abstracts are sourced from publicly accessible RSS feeds and academic databases. Some content may be accessed under agreements with data providers. All content in the digests belongs to the respective authors and publishers. Digests are provided for personal academic research only and may not be redistributed commercially or used in bulk for purposes other than individual scholarly reading.

3. No Warranty

The service is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind, express or implied. We do not guarantee uninterrupted delivery, accuracy of AI rankings, or completeness of coverage. Use of the service is at your own risk.

4. Suspension and Termination

The operator reserves the right to suspend or terminate access to the service at any time, for any reason, with or without notice. This includes accounts that misuse the service or violate these terms.

5. Changes to These Terms

These terms may be updated periodically. Continued use of the service after changes constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.

1. Data Controller

The data controller is Yuval Zamir, affiliated with ICFO – The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Spain.
Contact: incomingscience@gmail.com

2. What We Collect

We collect and store the following information you provide during sign-up and use of the service:

• Email address
• Research field
• Research interests description
• Paper ratings and feedback you submit

We do not collect any payment information, browsing data, or device identifiers beyond what is necessary to operate the service.

3. Purpose and Legal Basis

Your data is used solely to deliver and personalise the research digest. The legal basis for processing is legitimate interest (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR): you have explicitly requested this service and providing it requires processing your research profile and contact details.

4. Third-Party Processor: Anthropic

Paper metadata and your research profile are sent to the Anthropic API for AI-based scoring and personalisation. Anthropic acts as a data processor on our behalf. Under Anthropic's API terms, this data is not used to train their models. No other third parties receive your personal data.

5. Data Retention

Your data is held while your account is active. Upon written request to incomingscience@gmail.com, your data will be deleted within 30 days.

6. Your GDPR Rights

Under GDPR you have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you
• Rectify inaccurate data
• Erasure ("right to be forgotten")
• Portability of your data in a machine-readable format

To exercise any of these rights, contact incomingscience@gmail.com. We will respond within 30 days.

7. No Sale of Data

Your personal data is never sold, rented, or shared with any third party other than Anthropic as described above.