Privacy, plainly stated.

First-party measurement with a clear choice.

The website records four anonymous events: a page was viewed, a download was clicked, a ScientFactory download redirect failed, or an external link was clicked. These events help us understand which pages and installers are useful and whether the download service is working.

With “Essential only,” each event receives a new event-specific identifier. The database stores the time, page path, and only the details needed for that event—for example, the installer type or destination website and path. Query strings are discarded. These counts describe events, not unique people or a person's journey through the site.

If you choose “Allow analytics,” we set a random first-party visitor identifier for up to 180 days and create a temporary identifier for the current browser session. This lets us measure returning visits, sessions, and the path from page view to installer download. The identifiers are random: they are not derived from your name, email address, device fingerprint, IP address, or account with another service.

ScientFactory stores events and consent records first in its Cloudflare database. Pseudonymous copies may also be processed in ScientFactory's EU-hosted PostHog project so we can analyze usage and retention. You can change your choice at any time through “Analytics settings” in the footer; choosing “Essential only” removes the persistent visitor cookie.

ScientFactory does not use advertising trackers, browser fingerprinting, behavioral session recording, or cross-site tracking on this website. Research content is never included in website analytics events.

Standard infrastructure data may be processed to deliver the site.

The website is delivered through Cloudflare. Like other web infrastructure providers, Cloudflare may process standard request information such as an IP address, browser type, timestamp, and requested page to operate, secure, and troubleshoot the service.

Installer delivery is completed by GitHub.

The download page checks ScientFactory's public GitHub release information to locate the latest installer. If the website's release endpoint is unavailable, your browser may request that public information directly from GitHub.

When you choose an installer, your browser first requests a ScientFactory download address. The website records the download click and redirects the browser to the official GitHub release file. A download_failed event means our website could not resolve or start that redirect; it cannot detect a later transfer failure after GitHub begins serving the file. GitHub processes the resulting file request under its own privacy terms.

Release details may be cached temporarily in your browser's session storage for up to 15 minutes. This avoids repeating the same release lookup and is cleared with the browser session.

Desktop measurement is controlled separately inside Scient.

Scient runs as a workspace layer on your computer. Its Data & Privacy setting controls whether the app sends no telemetry, essential reliability events, product-usage events, diagnostic events, or voluntary contribution data. Desktop events use a random installation identifier and never derive identity from a connected AI-provider account.

Normal product analytics exclude prompts, research documents, filenames, file paths, source text, and generated scientific content. When you use a connected AI provider, that provider receives the prompts and supporting context needed for the session under its own terms and privacy policy. This website notice does not replace those terms.

We will update this page when the website changes.

If we add Scient accounts, forms, or additional identity links, this notice will be updated before those features are enabled for visitors.

For non-sensitive questions, use GitHub Issues. Security concerns should be reported privately through GitHub's security reporting flow rather than in a public issue.