Account data
Name, email address, role selection, password hash, verification status, and account activity timestamps.
Privacy policy
Updated April 23, 2026How BIAN handles account and verification data
This summary explains what information BIAN collects for account registration, profile verification, support, and platform operations, and how that information is used.
What we collect
Information you give us directly
When you create an account, claim a profile, request support, or ask for a correction, BIAN may collect your name, email address, role, organization details, publisher or author claim details, and any information you choose to send in those requests.
Profile claim data
Requested profile links, organization or authorship details, supporting notes, and review outcomes.
How we use it
BIAN uses account information to operate the service
We use your information to create and secure your account, verify your email address, route you to the right workspace, review ownership or correction requests, support operational analytics, and respond to support or abuse reports.
Security and abuse prevention
We use limited operational logs and account signals to detect suspicious activity, repeated login failures, or misuse of profile claims.
Service operations
We use activity and telemetry signals to improve system performance, reliability, and role-based workflows.
Sharing and retention
We limit sharing and keep records only as long as needed
BIAN does not sell user account data. We may share information with service providers that help us operate the platform, such as email delivery providers, hosting infrastructure, and support tooling. We retain account and review records for as long as they are needed to operate the service, resolve disputes, meet operational or legal obligations, and keep an auditable history of profile ownership decisions.
Service providers
Examples include hosting, email verification delivery, and operational monitoring providers that process data on our behalf.
Review history
Claim and verification decisions may be retained to prevent abuse, duplicate disputes, or repeated false ownership attempts.
Your choices
You can contact us about your account or data
If you need to correct your account details, request account deletion, question a claim decision, or report a privacy concern, contact the BIAN team through the support page. We may ask you to verify your identity before making account-level changes.
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