Terms of Service
Version 1.7 · Effective date: 15 July 2026
These Terms of Service ("Terms") are a binding agreement between you and Scinova Group LLP (UEN T23LL1363K), a Singapore Limited Liability Partnership ("ReadNTag", "we", "us"). The ReadNTag service at readntag.com includes the web app; our browser extensions (such as for Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge); any mobile or desktop applications; any add-ins or add-ons for third-party tools (such as Microsoft Office or Google Workspace); the conference and opportunity listings; and any other apps, integrations, features, and related tools we make available from time to time (together, the "Service"). Not all of these are available at any given time; this definition covers them where and when we offer them. By creating an account or using the Service, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.
1. Your account
You must provide accurate information and keep your password and access tokens confidential. You are responsible for activity under your account. You must be at least 13 (or the minimum age in your jurisdiction) and able to form a binding contract. Where the EU or UK GDPR applies, you must be at least 16, or the minimum digital-consent age set by your member state, to use the Service without the consent of a parent or guardian.
2. The Service
ReadNTag helps you discover, capture, read, annotate, organise, plan, analyse, cite and share research papers and related scholarly materials, and it includes the conference and opportunity listings together with any other tools, integrations and features we make available. We may add, change or remove features, tools and integrations at any time as the Service evolves. We aim for high availability but do not guarantee the Service will be uninterrupted or error-free.
2a. Advertising and sponsored content
The Service is supported in part by advertising and promotions, which may appear on any plan, including paid plans. Some content, including certain conference or opportunity listings, may be sponsored, meaning a paid placement, and will be labeled as such. Ads and sponsored placements are not our endorsement of the advertiser, sponsor, or their offering. They are selected using our own first-party information, and we do not sell or share your personal data with advertisers. How we handle data for ads and promotions is described in our Privacy Policy.
3. Your content & responsibilities
- You retain ownership of the content you add, upload, create, generate, organise or edit through the Service, including but not limited to references, files, annotations, notes, snaps, highlights, topics, projects, citations, matrices, screening decisions, reading lists, boards, planner entries and saved searches, and any similar content you produce through features we add over time (together, "Your Content").
- You grant us a limited licence to host, process and display Your Content solely to operate and provide the Service to you (and to people you explicitly share with).
- You are responsible for the documents you upload. You represent that you have the right to upload and use them and that doing so does not infringe any third party's copyright or other rights. See our Acceptable Use Policy and Copyright & Takedown policy.
- Indemnity. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Scinova Group LLP (and its partners, officers and employees) from any claims, damages, liabilities and reasonable costs (including legal fees) arising out of Your Content, your use of the Service, or your breach of these Terms. This includes any claim that Your Content infringes a third party's copyright or other rights.
3a. Community submissions (opportunities)
Members may submit conferences, positions, grants and other opportunities ("Submissions") for listing in the Service. You are solely responsible for any Submission you make, and you represent that it is accurate and that you have the right to post it. You grant us a licence to review, edit, display, publish, decline or remove any Submission, and to make it visible to other users of the Service.
We moderate Submissions before publication, but we do not verify, endorse or guarantee any listing, organiser, event, or its legitimacy, quality, dates or deadlines. This includes whether an event, journal or publisher is reputable or "predatory." Listings link out to the organiser's own page; you deal with organisers at your own risk and should carry out your own due diligence. To report a listing that is inaccurate, fraudulent or inappropriate, use the report control on the listing where available, or contact support@readntag.com, and we will review it.
Editor's Pick and sponsored listings
Listings marked "Editor's Pick" are chosen by us on editorial grounds; no fee or other consideration is paid for that placement. Listings marked "Sponsored" are paid placements, and are identified as such. Neither an Editor's Pick nor a sponsored placement means we endorse, verify, guarantee or recommend the listing, and all listings, however marked, are subject to the same accuracy disclaimers as every other listing.
4. Acceptable use
Your use of the Service is subject to our Acceptable Use Policy. We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate it.
5. Third-party metadata
The Service displays bibliographic metadata and enrichment (citation counts, open-access status, retraction flags, related works) sourced from third parties. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness or currency of this third-party information.
The discovery and newsfeed features display bibliographic metadata only (such as title, authors, journal, DOI and abstract snippets where licensed), sourced from open scholarly registries, and they link out to the publisher's or organiser's official page. We do not republish full text and do not host the underlying works. Newly published items may take time to appear, and metadata may lag behind the source.
6. Intellectual property
The Service, including its software, design and branding, is owned by Scinova Group LLP and protected by law. Except for the rights expressly granted to you, we reserve all rights. ReadNTag is a proprietary, closed-source product; open-source components we use are credited in our third-party notices.
Third-party names and marks. Publisher, society, conference, journal, and product names, logos and trademarks shown in the Service are the property of their respective owners, and are used only to identify the works or events they refer to. ReadNTag is not affiliated with, sponsored by, endorsed by, or promoted by any of these third parties, and their appearance does not imply any such relationship.
7. Fees, plans, fair use, and changes
ReadNTag is a hosted service. A Free plan is available at no charge, and we may offer a time-limited trial of paid features. We also offer one or more paid plans (for example, "Pro"), billed in advance for the interval you choose and renewing automatically until cancelled. Applicable pricing is shown at checkout before you subscribe. Billing, cancellation and refunds are governed by our Refund & Cancellation Policy.
Plan contents. The specific features, storage and usage allowances, and pricing of each plan are described on our Pricing page and form part of these Terms. They may change over time as the Service evolves, as set out below.
Fair use. Where a plan describes an allowance as "unlimited" or similar, that allowance is subject to fair and reasonable use and to anti-abuse safeguards. We may apply reasonable limits to protect the Service, its infrastructure, and other users. The current allowances, and any fair-use caps that apply, are published on the Pricing page.
Improvements. We may add features to, or increase an allowance on, your plan at any time without prior notice. Such changes only ever increase what your plan includes.
Reductions and price increases. If we make a change that materially reduces the features or allowances included in a plan you are on, or that increases the price of an existing paid subscription, we will give you reasonable advance notice (normally at least 30 days) by email or in-app. For a paid plan, the change takes effect on your next renewal, and you may cancel before then if you do not accept it. We may, at our discretion, keep you on your existing terms for a period.
Moving to a lower plan. When a paid subscription or a free trial ends and you continue on the Free plan, any content or usage that is above the Free plan's allowances is kept, not deleted, and stays available for you to export at any time from your account. After a short grace period, for which we give you notice by email or in-app, items that exceed the Free plan allowance may be shown in a restricted or preview form inside the app (for example, a figure shown blurred, or an item shown as a read-only preview) until you either upgrade again or reduce the number of affected items below the allowance. This never deletes anything you created, and it does not affect your ability to download your content. By using the Service you acknowledge and agree that these Free plan limits may apply in this way when a paid subscription or trial ends.
8. Disclaimers & limitation of liability
The Service is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Scinova Group LLP (and its partners, officers and employees) are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages, or for any loss of data, profits or goodwill. Our total aggregate liability arising out of or relating to the Service is limited to the greater of the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim or USD $100. See our full Disclaimer & Liability. Nothing in these Terms excludes liability that cannot be excluded under Singapore law.
9. Suspension & termination
You may stop using the Service and delete your account at any time. When you delete your account, it is deactivated immediately and then permanently erased after a 30-day recovery period. During those 30 days the deletion can be cancelled using the link we email you, so an accidental or unauthorized deletion can be reversed; after the period ends, the account and its data cannot be recovered. Any paid subscription is cancelled at deletion with no refund for the remaining paid time. We may suspend or terminate your access if you breach these Terms, if required by law, or where reasonably necessary to protect the Service, its users, or third parties. On termination, your right to use the Service ends; you may export Your Content beforehand, and we will handle remaining data per our Privacy Policy.
Discontinuing the Service. We may modify, suspend, or discontinue the Service, in whole or in part, at any time, including ceasing to offer it altogether. If we discontinue the Service entirely, we will give you reasonable advance notice where practicable (by email or in-app) and a period to export Your Content before your access ends. If we discontinue the Service entirely and you are not in breach of these Terms, we will refund the unused, prepaid portion of any subscription on a pro-rata basis. Except for that pro-rata refund, and except where required by law or expressly provided in our Refund & Cancellation Policy, we are not obliged to provide any other refund or compensation for a modification, suspension, or discontinuation of the Service.
10. Force majeure
We are not liable for any failure or delay in performing our obligations, or for any unavailability, interruption, or loss, caused by events or conditions beyond our reasonable control. These include, without limitation, failures or outages of third-party infrastructure and hosting providers (for example, cloud, network, and data-centre providers), internet or telecommunications failures, power failures, acts or omissions of government, changes in law, labour disputes, denial-of-service or other attacks, fires, floods, other natural disasters, and epidemics.
11. Assignment and transfer
We may assign or transfer these Terms, and our rights and obligations under them, in whole or in part, at any time, including in connection with a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganisation, sale of assets, or by operation of law, to a successor, affiliate, or acquirer. In that case, your account and Your Content may be transferred as part of the transaction, and the recipient will be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy in respect of your information. You may not assign or transfer these Terms without our prior written consent, and any attempt to do so is void.
12. Changes to these Terms
We may update these Terms. Material changes will be notified in-app or by email. Continued use after changes take effect constitutes acceptance.
13. Dispute resolution
Before commencing any proceedings, you agree to first contact us at support@readntag.com and to attempt in good faith to resolve any dispute informally for at least 30 days. Any dispute that is not resolved that way shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Singapore, as set out in Section 14. To the extent permitted by law, disputes will be resolved on an individual basis, and not as a class or representative action. Nothing in this Section affects any mandatory consumer-protection rights you may have where you live.
14. Governing law
These Terms are governed by the laws of Singapore, and the courts of Singapore have exclusive jurisdiction, without prejudice to any mandatory consumer-protection rights you may have where you live.
15. Contact
Questions about these Terms: support@readntag.com.