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Risk Overview
Significant Risk
6
/10
Research
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Document Analysis
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Knowledge Assistant
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Top Risks
Complete absence of privacy policy, terms of service, and security documentation; no data retention or deletion policy; no IP ownership clarity; uploaded research papers (including potentially pre-publication work) processed with no documented protections.
Mitigations
Do not upload confidential, pre-publication, or proprietary research papers. Use only with publicly available papers. Prefer alternatives with documented privacy policies for institutional or sensitive research use.
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Highest Risk Categories
The highest-scoring risk categories identified in this assessment.
Training Use
No dedicated, publicly accessible privacy policy or terms of service page was findable for explainpaper.com. Nudge Security profile confirms no public ToS or privacy policy links exist. The tool is a small indie project (Vercel + Supabase infrastructure). Absence of any training policy documentation is itself a high risk — no explicit prohibition on using uploaded papers for training.
7
/10
Data Retention
No stated retention or deletion policy found. Supabase backend likely stores uploaded paper text. No mechanism described for users to delete their data. Complete absence of documented retention practices is high risk for researchers uploading pre-publication papers.
7
/10
Security Posture
No security certifications, no bug bounty, no security page, no privacy policy. Small indie tool using Vercel and Supabase — both reputable infrastructure providers but the application layer has no documented security practices. Nudge Security shows no certifications. High risk for sensitive academic content.
7
/10
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Updated July 2026 • AI-assisted research • Reviewed by Verax • Report an issue
Reference Documentation
Official documentation and policies referenced as part of this assessment.
Terms of Service
https://www.explainpaper.com/
Privacy Policy
https://www.explainpaper.com/