Privacy Policy
bibtex.org is designed to collect as little data as possible. It sets no cookies, uses no analytics or tracking services, and loads its fonts from its own server.
Controller
Alexander Feder, Loewelstrasse 20/2-3, 1010 Vienna, Austria. Email: webmaster@bibtex.org
Hosting and access logs
The site is delivered by Amazon CloudFront, a content delivery network operated by Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL, 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg. When you open a page, your browser necessarily transmits technical data, which is recorded in access logs: IP address, date and time, the requested address, the referring page, the browser’s user agent, and the HTTP status and size of the response. In addition, pages send an anonymous responsiveness measurement to these logs (how long the page took to react to a tap or click, on which element and which page), without cookies or identifiers, so that we can make the site faster. The converter also reports how often it is used: how many identifiers of which kind were looked up (for example two DOIs and one ISBN), whether entries were found, whether the result was copied or downloaded, and on which page. The generator reports the same kind of count: which entry types were created (for example two articles and one book) and whether the result was copied or downloaded. What you look up or type is never part of that.
We use these logs to operate and secure the site and to compile anonymous statistics about which pages are read. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in running a reliable and secure website (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). The logs are deleted automatically after 90 days. Amazon processes the data on our behalf under a data processing agreement. Transfers to countries outside the EU are covered by the EU–US Data Privacy Framework and standard contractual clauses.
DOI to BibTeX lookup
When you use the DOI to BibTeX lookup, your browser sends the identifiers you enter directly to doi.org, which forwards the request to the registration agency responsible for the DOI (for example Crossref or DataCite). ISBNs go directly to Open Library and, if it has no record, to Google Books; PubMed IDs go directly to Europe PMC and, if it has no record, to NCBI (the US National Center for Biotechnology Information). A title or reference you search for goes directly to Crossref. bibtex.org does not receive or store these requests. A link to a result carries the identifiers after the # sign of the address, a part that browsers do not transmit to any server. The privacy policies of doi.org, Crossref, DataCite, Open Library, Google, Europe PMC and NCBI apply.
BibTeX generator
The BibTeX generator builds entries in your browser. What you type into the form is not sent to bibtex.org or to anyone else, and it is not stored: it is gone when you close or reload the page. A link to the generator can carry an entry type after the # sign of the address (for example #type=book), never the contents of a field.
Your rights
You have the right to access, rectify and erase your personal data, to restrict or object to its processing, and to data portability. To exercise these rights, write to the email address above. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in Austria the Datenschutzbehörde (dsb.gv.at).