Privacy Policy

Effective date: July 23rd, 2026

Checkstead is designed to collect and retain as little information as reasonably necessary.

Information We Process

When you submit a document to Checkstead, we process the document content as needed to identify and verify citations and quotations, determine their locations and context, and produce the requested results. Checkstead is designed to minimize the information retained after processing. We do not use submitted material to train artificial-intelligence models.

If you contact us, request access to a demonstration, or otherwise communicate with us, we may receive your name, email address, company, and the contents of your message.

Our hosting provider, Render, may automatically process limited technical information as described in the hosting disclosure on this website.

How We Use Information

We use information only to:

  • provide and improve Checkstead’s verification services;

  • respond to inquiries and demonstration requests;

  • maintain the security and reliability of the website and service; and

  • comply with applicable legal obligations.

We do not sell personal information or use it for third-party advertising.

Retention and Deletion

We retain information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described above. You may request deletion of your emails, contact information, submitted data, or other information associated with you by contacting privacy@checkstead.com.

We will honor reasonable deletion requests, except where limited retention is necessary for security, legal compliance, dispute resolution, or information maintained temporarily in routine system backups.

Service Providers

We may use service providers, including Render, to host and operate the website and service. These providers may process information only as necessary to provide their services to us.

Contact

Questions or deletion requests may be sent to: privacy@checkstead.com

Hosting and infrastructure

Checkstead uses Render to host the controlled Citation Scorecard evaluation environment. Render may process technical, network, and hosted-service information in connection with providing that infrastructure. Render’s own handling of information is described in its Privacy Policy.