1.General Provisions and Definitions

1.1 Definitions

• “User” refers to any natural person (including students, researchers, and teachers) or institutional representative who registers, accesses, or uses the Service.
• “Academic Data” refers to academic information obtained or browsed by users on the platform, including but not limited to excerpts, full texts, citations, academic analysis data, and AI-generated research synthesis data
• “AI Functions” refers to services powered by machine learning and natural language processing technologies, including intelligent literature retrieval and research, academic Q&A and synthesis, singledocument Q&A, writing assistance, citation formatting, research topic recommendations, academic trend forecasting, and intelligent citation network analysis.
• “AI Training Data” refers to datasets used to train, optimize, and improve AI models, excluding personal academic content that users have not explicitly consented to be used for such purposes.
• “Institutional User” refers to a user who accesses the Service through an educational institution, research organization, or enterprise subscription.
• “Personal Data” refers to any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person, including account information, behavioral logs, and academic activity records.

1.2 Composition of the Agreement

This Agreement includes the main body of the Service Agreement, Privacy Policy, AI Services Special Terms, Institutional Subscription Agreement (if applicable), and all published platform rules. In case of conflict between this Agreement and the PrivacyPolicy, the Privacy Policy shall prevail.

1.3 Nature of the Service and Compliance Commitment

1.3.1 The platform is a free and open academic resource platform. It does not sell user data and does not provide paid fulltext access or community features.

1.3.2 We are committed to complying with the following legal

• GDPR (EU) and its member state implementations;
• CCPA/CPRA (California, USA);
• PIPL (China);
• UK GDPR (United Kingdom);
• Other applicable privacy, consumer protection, intellectual property, and academic integrity laws in the user’s jurisdiction.

1.3.3 We have established encryption, access control, auditing, backup, breach response, and vendor management systems in compliance with ISO27001, SOC2 Type II, GDPR Article 32, and PIPL Article 22. See Chapter 8 for details.

2.Service Content and Technical Specifications s

2.1 Service Items

2.1.1 Resource Discovery Module

• Global open access paper-metadata indexing;
• Intelligent semantic search (supports natural language queries, Boolean logic, field restrictions, synonym expansion, and multilingual search);
• Relevance-based ranking;
• Research trend analysis and citation network visualization (interactive citation maps, including PDF export).

2.1.2 AI Research Services

• Singlepaper speed reading (extracts research questions, methods, results, limitations, and future directions; generates structured summaries);
• Batch literature review (users upload multiple PDFs; AI generates topic maps, research gaps, and comparison tables);
• Concept explanation and Q&A (interactive Q&A on terminology, formulas, and figures in papers; supports multiturn followups).

2.1.3 Metrics and Evaluation

Evaluating articles, journals, and authors is a rigorous task. The platform aims to scientifically and objectively reflect the status of academic outputs through global academic data governance, generating quantitative snapshots of innovation, influence, and objectivity.

2.2 Service Changes and Termination

2.2.1 New Features Announced in the “Release Log” section, including feature descriptions, data impact, and user optin options.

2.2.2 Feature Adjustments If changes may result in data loss or irreversible effects, users with backup needs will be provided with offline backup options.

2.2.3 Service Termination 30day advance notice will be given, with full data export and migration guides provided. User data will be retained for 180 days before permanent deletion.

3.Account System and Identity Verification

3.1 Registration Eligibility

3.1.1 Age Requirement Users must be at least 13 years old; users aged 13–16 must obtain explicit parental consent; users aged 16–18 are subject to enhanced protections.

3.1.2 Institutional Users Representatives of schools, research institutes, or enterprises will be subject to updated user agreements when institutional user columns are activated.

3.1.3 Geographic Restrictions If local laws prohibit the use of foreign academic tools, users must comply independently. The platform does not actively block IPs but reserves the right to restrict access upon government notice.

3.2 Registration Process

3.2.1 Basic Registration Email + password (with optional verification code); password must be ≥8 characters, including uppercase/lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters; weak passwords are prohibited.

3.2.2 Third-Party Login Supports Google, WeChat, and Apple ID; platformspecific username must still be added after binding.

3.3 Account Security

3.3.1 Store in encrypted form after necessary encryption processing ; mandatory replacement every 180 days; prohibition of reuse with the last 5 passwords.

3.3.2 Login Anomaly Detection: 5 consecutive failed attempts trigger a 15minute lockout; users can view the last 50 login logs (IP, time, device, location).

3.3.3 Session Management： JWT token valid for 24 hours; refresh token valid for 7 days; supports SSO and SLO.

3.3.4 Data Breach Response： If account compromise is suspected, users can request account freeze online; frozen accounts cannot log in for 2 hours and require email + 2FA to unfreeze. [Contact: support@cboa.org.cn ]

4. User Conduct and Academic Integrity

4.1 Legal Use Obligations

4.1.1 Users must comply with all applicable laws, including copyright, export control, academic integrity, and data protection laws.

4.1.2 Prohibited activities include:

• Uploading or distributing content that infringes third-party IP rights;
• Inputting illegal, violent, hateful, pornographic, politically sensitive, or ethically inappropriate material;
• Reverse engineering, decompiling, or disassembling platform software or AI models;
• Using bots, scrapers, or unofficial APIs to bulk extract or replicate platform content;
• Any activity that damages platform reputation, disrupts user access, or compromises network security.

4.2 Special Academic Integrity Terms

4.2.1 Citation and Attribution: Any AIgenerated text, summaries, charts, or citations must be clearly attributed in the final academic output, in accordance with institutional or journal standards.

4.2.2 Originality Responsibility: Users must independently verify AI output for factual accuracy, data reliability, citation authenticity, and logical consistency. The platform bears no responsibility for academic misconduct.

4.2.3 Duplicate Submission Prohibition: Users may not use the Service to generate similar content for simultaneous submission to multiple journals or conferences.

4.2.4 Ethics Review: Research involving human subjects, animal testing, gene editing, etc., requires institutional ethics approval. The platform does not serve unapproved projects.

4.2.5 Violation Handling: Academic misconduct will result in immediate suspension or termination, public disclosure of violation (with personal identifiers removed), and cooperation with investigations.

4.3 Input Content Restrictions

4.3.1 Sensitive Data: Input of personal sensitive information (race, political views, religion, health, biometric data) is prohibited unless encrypted and explicitly consented.

4.3.2 Full Papers: Uploading full manuscripts under review is prohibited; only ≤1,000word excerpts for polishing or metadata are allowed.

5.Content Management, User Rights, and Intellectual Property

5.1 Platform Content Rights

5.1.1 Users receive a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable, worldwide license for personal academic use only. Commercial use, republication, mass reproduction, sale, or sublicensing requires written permission.

5.1.2 Removing, obscuring, or altering copyright notices, trademarks, watermarks, or rights management information is prohibited.

5.2 User Content Rights

5.2.1 Users retain ownership of their input content; it is not considered platform property.

5.2.2 Users grant the platform a worldwide, royaltyfree, non-exclusive license to process, store, backup, and display content solely for service provision. This license terminates upon account deletion, except for legally required backups.

5.2.3 Users warrant that their content does not infringe third-party rights and agree to indemnify the platform for any claims.

5.3 User Rights

5.3.1 Right to Be Informed: Via this policy, cookie banners, and realtime notifications.

5.3.2 Right of Access: Request via login or email to support@cboa.org.cn; response within 30 days (60 for complex cases); formats: CSV, JSON, PDF; first request free.

5.3.3 Right to Erasure: Via account settings or email; 30day response; exceptions: legal retention, anonymized data.

5.3.4 Right to Rectification: Selfedit or request via email with proof (e.g., ORCID); 30day processing.

5.3.5 Right to Restrict Processing: For accuracy disputes or legal claims; data retained but processing paused.

5.3.6 Right to Data Portability: For data processed under consent or contract; formats: BibTeX, RIS, CSV, JSON; direct transfer to Zotero, Mendeley upon request.

5.3.7 Right to Object: For marketing or automated decisions; email support@cboa.org.cn; 30day review.

5.3.8 Right to Withdraw Consent: Via cookie settings, privacy settings, or unsubscribe; immediate effect; core services remain functional.

5.3.9 Right to Lodge Complaints: Internal: support@cboa.org.cn; EU: national DPA; California: CA DOJ; China: Cyberspace Administration or market regulators.

5.4 AIGenerated Content

5.4.1 AI output is not a "work" and is not copyrightprotected; users may use it for academic research with AI attribution.

5.4.2 The platform does not guarantee accuracy, originality, or publishability; users bear peer review, retraction, or misconduct risks.

5.4.3 If AI output inadvertently includes copyrighted material, users must delete or obtain authorization; the platform will block upon notice.

6.AI Services Notice

6.1 AI Service Scope

6.1.1 Core functions: intelligent retrieval, academic Q&A, single/multidocument dialogue, citation formatting, research ideas.

6.1.2 Architecture: proprietary academic large language model trained on openaccess literature and datasets; user input is not used for training.

6.1.3 Model updates may cause output variation; latest version is used by default.

6.2 AI Usage Rules

6.2.1 Input limit: ≤500 characters/request; ≤10 requests/minute; no full papers or sensitive data.

6.2.2 Output limit: ≤50,000 characters/day; no bulk generation for commercial publishing or ghostwriting.

6.2.3 Human review: Not proactive; users may request review via support; 24-hour response.

6.3 AI Data Protection

6.3.1 Realtime processing: input deleted within 30 seconds unless saved by user.

6.3.2 Notraining policy: user input is not used for model training or finetuning.

6.3.3 Encryption: TLS 1.3 for all input/output.

6.4 AI Liability Disclaimer

6.4.1 No warranty on accuracy, completeness, timeliness, or noninfringement.

6.4.2 Platform not liable for academic misconduct, rejection, retraction, reputational damage, or indirect losses.

7.Fees, Refunds, and Billing

7.1 Service Nature

7.1.1 The Service is free; no subscription, usage, download, or hidden fees.

7.1.2 Any future premium features will be announced 60 days in advance with a separate Paid Services Agreement; free core functions remain available.

7.2 Third-Party Charges

7.2.1 Network, device, or roaming fees are user's responsibility.

7.2.2 Links to publisher paywalls are provided for convenience; platform receives no commission.

8.Data Protection, Privacy, and Security

8.1 Legal Framework

8.1.1 Full compliance with GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, PIPL, UK GDPR, LGPD (Brazil), PIPEDA (Canada), and other local privacy laws.

8.1.2 Users may initiate full deletion via account settings; completion within 5 days across all systems.

8.1.3 Legal retention exceptions: tax records (7 years), audit logs (3 years), security evidence (6 years), litigation data (5 years postcase).

8.2 Security Incident Response

8.2.1 24/7 SOC with SIEM; 2hour breach response, 12hour risk assessment, 72hour regulator notification.

8.2.2 User notification via email, SMS, inapp message, and popup if risk is "more than trivial"; free credit monitoring and identity theft insurance provided.

9.Minor Protection

9.1 AgeTiered Protection

9.2 Guardian Rights

9.2.1 Guardians may view, correct, delete, or restrict processing of minor's data; may delete account.

9.2.2 "Guardian Offline Channel" supports verification via email + ID + birth certificate; 24-hour review.

10.Risk Disclosure and Liability Limitation

10.1 Risk Disclosure

10.1.1 Technical: AI hallucination, bias, outdated info; cyberattacks; hardware failure.

10.1.2 Legal: varying academic standards; citation format changes; crossborder data blocking.

10.1.3 Academic: AI advice not peerreviewed; citation errors; version conflicts in collaboration.

10.2 Liability Cap

10.2.1 Cumulative liability capped at: USD 100 if no usage in past 12 months; USD 0.10 per usage × total usages otherwise.

10.2.2 Cap does not apply to willful misconduct, gross negligence, or personal injury; only direct losses covered.

11.Force Majeure and Exemption

11.1 Force Majeure Events

In the event of force majeure (an unforeseeable, unavoidable, and insurmountable objective circumstance), the affected party shall notify the other party in writing within 48 hours and, within a reasonable period thereafter, provide official proof issued by relevant authorities (including but not limited to government notices, industry association statements, or authoritative media reports).

11.2 Scope of Exemption

12.Breach, Compensation, and Remedies

12.1 Breach Scenarios

12.1.1 User: academic misconduct, sensitive data input, AI abuse, scraping, IP infringement, export control violation.

12.1.2 Platform: availability failure, privacy breach, delayed rights response, nondeletion.

12.2 Compensation

12.2.1 User breach: full platform losses (legal fees, fines, reputational damage).

12.2.2 Platform breach: liability cap applies; additional 2year credit monitoring and identity theft insurance for data breaches.

13.Termination, Updates, and Contact

13.1 User Termination

13.1.1 Instant via account settings with 2FA; data deleted within 5 days except legal retention.

13.2 Platform Termination

13.2.1 Serious user breach: immediate suspension, 7day appeal, public summary if failed.

13.2.2 Business adjustment: 30day notice, data export, opensource alternatives suggested.

13.3 Agreement Updates

Updated terms effective upon publication; continued use constitutes acceptance.

13.4 General Contact

User support： support@cboa.org.cn ； privacy： privacy@cboa.org.cn ；AIspecific inquiries： ai-ethics@cboa.org.cn ； Phone：09:00–18:00 (China time)