Privacy and Data Security at PlagiarismSearch
PlagiarismSearch is designed to help individuals, educational institutions, businesses, and organizations analyze documents while maintaining appropriate controls over Customer Content and personal data. This page summarizes the principal privacy and security practices that apply to our Service. More detailed information about the collection and processing of personal data is available in our Privacy Policy.
Our Approach to Customer Data
We process Customer Content only as reasonably necessary to provide, operate, secure, support, and maintain the PlagiarismSearch Service, comply with applicable legal obligations, or as otherwise authorized by the customer or an applicable agreement.
- You retain control of your content. You or the applicable rights holder retain ownership of documents and text submitted to PlagiarismSearch.
- Your documents are not automatically shared with unrelated customers. Customer Content submitted to PlagiarismSearch is not automatically made available as a plagiarism source to unrelated PlagiarismSearch users.
- Private Storage remains controlled by the customer. Documents uploaded to private Storage may be indexed for comparisons within the applicable account.
- Organization sharing is permission-based. Within an organization account, Storage documents may be made searchable by other authorized organization members only where the applicable sharing permission has been enabled.
- Customer Content is not used to train PlagiarismSearch AI or machine-learning models.
How Customer Content Is Processed
Customer Content is processed primarily through automated systems used for plagiarism detection, AI-content analysis, source comparison, reporting, Storage functionality, and related Service operations.
Authorized PlagiarismSearch personnel may access Customer Content where reasonably necessary to provide customer support, investigate a report or technical issue, maintain security, prevent abuse, comply with applicable law, or where access is otherwise authorized by the customer or an applicable agreement.
We do not make Customer Content available to unrelated customers for their independent use.
Security Measures
PlagiarismSearch uses technical and organizational measures designed to protect Customer Content and personal data against unauthorized access, misuse, loss, alteration, or disclosure.
Our current security measures include:
- HTTPS/TLS protection for data transmitted between users and PlagiarismSearch;
- access controls designed to restrict access to production systems and Customer Content to authorized personnel and authorized technical processes;
- backup procedures designed to support service continuity and recovery; and
- operational controls used to maintain the security and availability of the Service.
No Internet-based service, transmission method, or electronic storage system can guarantee absolute security. We therefore maintain and review security measures appropriate to the nature of the Service and the data processed through it.
Infrastructure and Service Providers
PlagiarismSearch uses established hosting, infrastructure, payment, analytics, integration, and other service providers where necessary to operate and support the Service.
Infrastructure providers may maintain their own independent security, privacy, and compliance programs or certifications applicable to the services they provide. Such provider-level certifications apply to the relevant provider and should not be interpreted as certifications held directly by PlagiarismSearch.
Additional information about categories of service providers and recipients is available in our Privacy Policy.
Where Customer Data Is Stored and Processed
Customer Content and service data are stored using infrastructure located in the United States. Certain processing operations may also take place using infrastructure located in Europe.
The standard Service does not provide strict geographic processing isolation by default. Different data-handling or data-residency requirements may be discussed for enterprise engagements where technically and contractually feasible.
Where applicable data-protection law requires safeguards for international transfers of personal data, PlagiarismSearch uses or enters into appropriate transfer arrangements as required for the applicable processing relationship. Further information is provided in our Privacy Policy.
Data Retention and Archiving
Reports generally remain available to customers until they are deleted by the customer or removed under the applicable retention process.
- After approximately 30 days, reports may be moved to the Archive. Archived reports remain accessible, although certain report-editing functions may no longer be available.
- Reports may be removed after five years under our long-term retention process.
- Account, transaction, tax, security, and other operational records may be retained for different periods where necessary for legal, accounting, fraud-prevention, security, or dispute-resolution purposes.
Enterprise customers may discuss different retention requirements with PlagiarismSearch as part of their contractual arrangements.
Deleting Documents and Personal Data
Customers can delete applicable documents and reports through the available Service functionality. Where assistance is required, customers may contact our support team.
When a document or report is deleted, the corresponding active data is removed from the primary database. If a document has also been indexed for private Storage search, it is marked as deleted in the search index and is removed from that index during the subsequent index rebuild.
Some limited information may need to be retained where required by applicable law or where reasonably necessary for accounting, fraud prevention, security, dispute resolution, or the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
Requests concerning personal data or account-level deletion can be sent to support@plagiarismsearch.com.
Security Incidents
We investigate security incidents that may affect PlagiarismSearch systems, Customer Content, or personal data.
If a personal data breach triggers a notification obligation under applicable law or an applicable customer agreement, PlagiarismSearch will provide the required notifications to the relevant customers, individuals, authorities, or other parties as applicable.
Enterprise customers may agree additional incident-notification or escalation requirements in a separate written agreement where applicable.
Business and Institutional Customers
PlagiarismSearch supports business, educational, and institutional use of the Service. Where PlagiarismSearch processes personal data on behalf of an organization, the parties may enter into a Data Processing Addendum (DPA) or other appropriate data-processing agreement.
Enterprise arrangements may also address specific requirements relating to retention, deletion, data residency, technical evaluation, support, or other operational controls, subject to technical feasibility and the terms agreed between the parties.
Privacy Rights
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights relating to access, correction, deletion, restriction, portability, objection, or withdrawal of consent in relation to your personal data.
Detailed information about these rights and how to exercise them is available in our Privacy Policy.
Contact Us
If you have questions about privacy, security, Customer Content, data deletion, or enterprise data-protection requirements, please contact us at support@plagiarismsearch.com.
You can also review our Privacy Policy, Terms of Use, and Cookie Policy.