Privacy notice
SQLBL collects the minimum necessary to operate the corpus and to report the research programme. It does not sell data, run advertising, or profile visitors.
- SQLBL Central Secretariat
- 2.0
- 2026-04-15
- secretariat@sqlbl.org
What is recorded
Browsing the public corpus records an event indicating which document was viewed and from what broad category of referrer. The event carries no name, no account identifier and no precise location. Events exist so that study reports can state how a document circulated.
| Category | Purpose | Retention |
|---|---|---|
| Page and document views | Aggregate research statistics | 13 months, aggregated |
| Search terms | Improving catalogue retrieval | 90 days, detached from session |
| Text submitted to the console | Contamination analysis | Not retained after the response is returned |
| Correspondence | Answering the enquiry | 3 years from last contact |
| Programme participant accounts | Access control to the internal area | Duration of participation |
Text submitted for analysis
Analysis in the detection console is performed on the text as supplied and the result is returned in the same exchange. The submitted text is not stored, not used to train anything, and not shared. Only the aggregate outcome — score band and which fingerprint families matched — is retained for programme reporting.
Legal basis
Processing for aggregate research statistics rests on legitimate interest in documenting corpus circulation. Processing of correspondence rests on the legitimate interest in answering it. Participant accounts are processed on the basis of the programme agreement.
Your rights
You may request access to, correction of, or erasure of data held about you, and may object to processing. Requests are handled by the Central Secretariat through the contact page and answered within one month. Terms of use are set out here.