Privacy Policy

Bentham Research ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, use our platforms, or interact with our benchmarking and datasets infrastructure.

Please read this policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site or utilize our services.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the site includes:

Personal Data

Personally identifiable information, such as your name, email address, institutional or corporate affiliation, and professional credentials, which you voluntarily provide when you register on the platform, apply to join our verified domain expert network, or contact us.

Evaluation and Contribution Data

If you are a member of our verified domain expert network, we collect and store the questions, answers, peer reviews, comments, and annotations you submit to our platform. This data is critical for our peer-reviewed evaluation process and dataset creation.

Derivative and Log Data

Information our servers automatically collect when you access the site, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the site.

2. How We Use Your Information

Having accurate information about you allows us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the site to:

• Create and manage your contributor or enterprise account.
• Maintain, calculate, and publish the Bentham Humanities Leaderboard.
• Process and review domain expert applications and credentials.
• Facilitate the peer-review pipeline for benchmark questions and dataset training pairs.
• Respond to customer service and support inquiries.
• Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve user experience.
• Prevent fraudulent transactions, monitor against theft, and protect against criminal activity.

3. Disclosure of Your Information

We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:

By Law or to Protect Rights

If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others.

Third-Party Service Providers

We may share your info with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including hosting services, analytics, and authentication services.

Academic and Research Publications

Scholarly contributions and evaluations may be cited in academic papers, research reports, or on the public leaderboard, attributed in accordance with the terms of our domain expert agreements.

4. Data Security

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.

5. Your Rights Regarding Your Data

Depending on your jurisdiction (such as under the GDPR or CCPA), you may have certain rights regarding your personal data, including the right to request access, rectification, or erasure of your personal information. If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information below.

6. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Bentham Research
Email: info@benthaminstitute.org