ScholarDaily Privacy Policy

Information Used

ScholarDaily may use the following to provide the app features described on this page:

• requests for the daily briefings you open — today's briefing, an archive date, a single brief, or a page of search results — each sent to the server that publishes that briefing (listed below)
• the parameters a request needs to be answered: the briefing language, the date, a page number, a category filter, and the search text if you type one
• an app access token sent with every request; it is built into the app and identical in every copy, so it does not identify you or your device
• which briefings you follow, your language choice, reading status, reminder settings, and a cache of recent briefings (kept on your device only)
• your subscription status (reported to the app on your device by Apple)

Servers the App Contacts

ScholarDaily sends its own requests to these servers, all operated by WU HAOTIAN. The only other services it contacts are listed under Third Parties.

• scholar.timwuhaotian.dev — research papers, and the check for app updates
• secdaily.timwuhaotian.dev — SEC filings
• cvedaily.timwuhaotian.dev — vulnerabilities
• trial.timwuhaotian.dev — clinical trials
• fda.timwuhaotian.dev — FDA actions
• govbid.timwuhaotian.dev — federal contract opportunities
• customs.timwuhaotian.dev — customs messages

Storage

ScholarDaily has no account and no sign-in, and collects no personal data. The briefings you follow, your language choice, reading status, reminder settings, and a cache of recent briefings are stored only in the app's private storage on your device. The servers keep no account, no profile, and no per-reader record — they serve the same briefings to everyone. Like any web server, they keep standard request logs (IP address, user agent, time, and the requested address with its parameters) for security, rate limiting, and troubleshooting only. Deleting the app removes its data from your device.

Permissions

Network access fetches briefings, archives, and search results from the servers listed above. Notifications (optional) deliver the daily reminder. It is scheduled on your device, not sent from a server, and you can turn notifications off at any time in iOS Settings. In-app purchase access manages the ScholarDaily subscription through Apple. App Tracking Transparency is not requested. ScholarDaily does not use IDFA or any cross-app tracking identifier.

Sharing

No personal data is sold or shared. There is no analytics SDK, no advertising, no advertising identifier, no crash reporter, and no tracking. Purchases are processed by Apple; the developer never receives your payment details. The AI provider that writes the briefs receives only the text of public source records, never reader data. Tapping a source link opens that record on its own website, which has its own privacy policy.

Public Data Sources

ScholarDaily's servers read these public sources on a schedule. The app itself never contacts them, and no reader data of any kind is sent to them.

• arXiv (Cornell University) — new research papers and their abstracts
• SEC EDGAR (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission) — company filings
• the National Vulnerability Database (NIST) and the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (CISA) — published vulnerabilities
• ClinicalTrials.gov (U.S. National Library of Medicine), openFDA, and the FDA newsroom — trial registrations and results, FDA approvals, and recalls
• openFDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) — recalls, device clearances and approvals, drug approvals, and drug shortages
• SAM.gov (U.S. General Services Administration) — federal contract opportunities and their public attachments
• the Cargo Systems Messaging Service (U.S. Customs and Border Protection, delivered through GovDelivery) — CSMS cargo messages

Third Parties We Share Data With

• Apple (Apple Inc., United States) — Processes ScholarDaily subscription purchases, free trials, and renewals through the App Store (StoreKit), and tells the app on your device whether your subscription is active. Your payment details stay with Apple; the developer never receives them. Apple privacy policy: https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/
• MiniMax (Shanghai MiniMax, People's Republic of China) — The cloud AI provider that ScholarDaily's servers currently use to rewrite public source records into plain-language briefs and translate them. It receives only the text of public records — paper abstracts, filings, advisories, trial and FDA records, contract notices, and CBP messages. No reader data, no account identifier, and no device identifier is ever sent, and the app itself never contacts MiniMax. MiniMax: https://www.minimaxi.com/
• Google Fonts (Google LLC, United States) — The app downloads its two typefaces, Inter and EB Garamond, from Google's font servers the first time it needs them and then keeps them on your device. That request carries nothing about you beyond what any web request carries, such as your IP address and user agent. Google privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Support

For privacy questions, contact gosingk@gmail.com. This policy is maintained by WU HAOTIAN.