Privacy policy
ResearchReels shows short trailers of new research papers. This policy explains what we record when you use it, why, and what you can do about it. We have tried to keep the data we collect to what we need.
Who is responsible
The data controller is Fred Isaksson AB, organisation number 559421-4032, Uppsala, Sweden. Contact us about privacy at contact@researchreels.app.
What we record, why, and on what legal basis
| What | Why | Legal basis | How long |
|---|---|---|---|
| How you use the feed: a random visit number; which trailers you see and for how long; taps on Save, Share, Relevant, Not for me, Contact, Feedback, sound and the paper link; your answers to the short questions and any comment you write; device type (phone or computer), screen size, browser language, app version, and the website that sent you (its domain only). If you arrived through a shared link, the visit number of the person who shared it. If you are signed in, your account number. | To understand whether the service is useful and to improve it: which trailers work, how far people scroll, what spreads. | Legitimate interest (GDPR art. 6.1 f). The data is pseudonymous and not used for advertising. | Up to 24 months, then deleted or reduced to totals. |
| Remembering your device (only if you say yes): a random number kept in your browser so a later visit can be recognised as a return visit. | To count returning visitors. | Your consent (GDPR art. 6.1 a; Swedish Electronic Communications Act, ch. 9 § 28). | Until you withdraw it or clear your browser's site data. |
| Your feed choices and profile answers (all optional): the subjects you pick, what describes you (for example student or researcher), your area, and, if you add it, your age group. | To put the subjects you chose first in your feed, and to understand who uses the service. Profile answers are only ever looked at as totals (for example "30% are students"), never person by person. | Your consent (GDPR art. 6.1 a): you choose whether to answer, and can change or remove your answers at any time. | In your browser until you clear it; with an account, until you change them or delete the account. |
| Your account: email address, when the account was created and last signed in, and the trailers you save. If you sign in with Google, Google tells us your email address, name and profile picture; we only use the email address. | To sign you in and keep your saved trailers on all your devices. | Contract (GDPR art. 6.1 b): it is what you ask for when you create an account. | Until you delete your account. |
| Sign-in emails: we send your email address a one-time code when you sign in. | Signing in without a password. | Contract. | Our email provider keeps delivery records for a limited period under its own retention rules. |
| Waiting-list emails left in the earlier test version. | To tell those people once that accounts are open. | Consent given when signing up. | Deleted after that message is sent, and by 31 December 2026 at the latest. |
| Technical logs at our hosting providers, which include IP addresses. | Keeping the service running and secure. | Legitimate interest. | According to the providers' own retention, typically days to weeks. |
We do not store your IP address in our own database, we do not use advertising or tracking cookies, and we do not sell or share your data for marketing. Your profile answers are not used for advertising. If we ever show sponsored content, it will be chosen by the topic of the trailer you are watching, not by who you are, unless you have separately agreed to something else. Fonts and code are served from our own site, so opening the page does not contact font or script services.
What is kept in your browser
| Name | Purpose | Needs your consent? |
|---|---|---|
rr-auth | Keeps you signed in, if you sign in. | No: strictly necessary for the service you asked for. |
rr_prefs | Your feed choices and profile answers, if you give them. | No: it only stores what you chose to tell us, for the feature you asked for. |
rr-shell (app cache) | A copy of the page's frame (fonts, icons, code) so it opens quickly as an app. No personal data. | No: strictly necessary. |
rr_consent | Remembers your answer to the question about remembering your device. | No: strictly necessary. |
rr_vid | The random number that recognises a returning device. | Yes. Only stored if you say yes. |
rr_internal | Marks the service owner's own devices so their visits can be left out of the statistics. | Only set for the owner. |
Who processes the data for us
- Supabase stores the database and handles sign-in. Our project is hosted in the EU (Stockholm).
- Cloudflare stores and delivers the newer videos and images (a US company; same safeguards as below).
- Google, only if you choose "Continue with Google": it confirms who you are to us.
- Vercel hosts the website and delivers the older videos. Vercel is a US company; any transfer outside the EU relies on the EU–US Data Privacy Framework or the EU standard contractual clauses.
- Resend sends the sign-in emails, from servers in the EU (Ireland). Resend is a US company; any transfer outside the EU relies on the EU–US Data Privacy Framework or the EU standard contractual clauses.
Each acts on our instructions under a data processing agreement.
Your rights
You can ask to see the data we hold about you, have it corrected or deleted, restrict or object to how we use it, and receive it in a portable format. If you have an account, you can download your data and delete your account yourself, under the account button at the top right of the feed. Deleting the account removes your email address and saved trailers and breaks the link between your account and any usage records. For anything else, write to contact@researchreels.app; we answer within one month.
You can withdraw consent to remembering your device at any time with the button above. If you think we handle your data wrongly, you can complain to the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY), imy.se.
Researchers named in the trailers
Each trailer names the first author and the journal of the paper it summarises, as the paper's licence requires. If you are an author and want a trailer corrected or removed, write to contact@researchreels.app. More about how trailers are made and the licences we use: About ResearchReels.
Children
The service is not aimed at children. You must be at least 13 years old to create an account.
Changes
If we change this policy in ways that matter, we will say so in the service and, if you have an account, by email.